What is "canalized"

Usage examples of "canalized".

They were aware of it because I had warned them-but it wasn't canalized from childhood.

Could the same subject, as an adult with formed habits and canalized thinking, make another adjustment just as radical, and much more difficult for an adult to make than for an infant?

We can't judge by the fact that you and I have no stomach for such group sports-our canalized tastes are irrelevant.

They were aware of it because I had warned them—but it wasn’t canalized from childhood.

We can’t judge by the fact that you and I have no stomach for such group sports - our canalized tastes are irrelevant.