unhabituate
unhabituate verb: to reverse or overcome the effects of habituation.
Verb
unhabituate (third-person singular simple present unhabituates, present participle unhabituating, simple past and past participle unhabituated)
- To reverse or overcome the effects of habituation.
- It is in loneliness and retirement — the solitude which unhabituates men to that sharp definiteness of thought which is needful for its expression to another, in the seasons of mist and gloom, which make external nature no scene for the wanton eye to revel in the contemplation of, in the absence of...1841, Francis Whaley Harper, The powers of the Greek tenses, and other papers, pages 8–9
- Almost immediately in their legal education, they are habituated to a certain way of thinking about law, and the role I see myself as having here besides habituating them to think about law in that way is to unhabituate them to thinking about law in those sorts of ways.1996, Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, Steven Douglas Smith, Against the Law, page 141
Forms of unhabituate
| third-person singular present | unhabituates |
|---|---|
| present participle | unhabituating |
| past participle | unhabituated |
| past | unhabituated |
Origin of unhabituate
From un- + habituate.
Questions about unhabituate
- What does unhabituate mean?
- Unhabituate means to reverse or overcome the effects of habituation.
- What part of speech is unhabituate?
- Unhabituate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unhabituate?
- The past tense of unhabituate is unhabituated.
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