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Person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease)
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habitus
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Habitus is a system of embodied dispositions, tendencies that organize the ways in which individuals perceive the social world around them and react to it. These dispositions are usually shared by people with similar background (in terms of social class ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Habitus \Hab"i*tus\ (h[a^]b"[i^]*t[u^]s), n. [L.] (Zo["o]l.) Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.
WordNet
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n. person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease); "the consumptive habitus" constitution of the human body [syn: physique , build , body-build ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context zoology English) habitude; mode of life; bearing, general appearance. 2 (context botany English) habit; general shape and appearance of a species or variety of plant. 3 (cx sociology English) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations ...
Usage examples of habitus.
Statius Albius Oppianicus, had been prosecuted by his stepson, Aulus Cluentius Habitus, for attempting to murder him.
Mr Etermon taking a z-nap on the divan or stealing into the kitchen to sniff with erotic avidity the sizzling stew, represented quite unconsciously a living refutation of individual immortality, since his whole habitus was a dead-end with nothing in it capable or worthy of transcending the mortal condition.