Habit

Habit or Habits may refer to:

  • Habit (psychology), an acquired pattern of behavior that often occurs automatically
    • Drug addiction is sometimes referred to as "having a drug habit".
  • Habituation, non-associative learning in which there is a progressive diminution of behavioral response probability with repetition of a stimulus
  • Crystal habit, as it applies to the typical appearance of minerals
  • Religious habit, a distinctive dress worn by the members of a religious order
  • Riding habit, riding clothes worn for hunting or for exhibition
  • Habit (biology), the instinctive actions of animals and the natural tendencies or growth form of plants
  • Habit (album), the third album by late Korean pop singer U;Nee
  • "Habit" (song), a song by Pearl Jam
  • Habits (album), an album by Neon Trees
  • Habit evidence, a term used in the law of evidence
  • Habit (film), 1997 horror film

Famous quotes containing the word habit:

    “Any relation to the land, the habit of tilling it, or mining it, or even hunting on it, generates the feeling of patriotism. He who keeps shop on it, or he who merely uses it as a support to his desk and ledger, or to his manufactory, values it less.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “I am not in the habit of taking baritones to supper.”
    —Eric Taylor, Leroux, and Arthur Lubin. Raoul Daubert (Edgar Barrier)

    “The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people’s minds.”
    —Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)