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habituate

/həˈbɪtʃ.u.eɪt/

habituateverb

habituated

Past Simple

habituated

Past Participle

habituating

Gerund

/həˈbɪtʃ.u.eɪt/

Translations

The trainer habituated the bear to the sound of human voices.

Le dresseur a habitué l’ours au son des voix humaines.

s’habituer àEmploi intransitif, surtout en psychologie ou pour une exposition répétée à un stimulus.

After repeated exposure, neural responses habituate to the flashing light.

Après des expositions répétées, les réponses neuronales s’habituent à la lumière clignotante.

Definitions

to accustom or train (a person, animal, or group) to be familiar and comfortable with a particular environment, stimulus, or situation

The trainer habituated the bear to the sound of human voices.

(psychology) to experience a progressive decrease in responsiveness to a repeated stimulus through continual exposure

After repeated exposure, neural responses habituate to the flashing light.

to become accustomed or used to something through repeated experience

The children quickly habituated to the smell of the farm.

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