Meaning of HABITUS
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- [n] constitution of the human body
- [n] person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease); "the consumptive habitus"
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| | Synonyms: | | body-build, build, physique |
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| | See Also: | | bodily property, body type, dumpiness, lankiness, predisposition, sensitivity, somatotype, squattiness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hab"i*tus\, n. [L.] (Zo["o]l.)
Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.
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| | Definition: | | as defined by Bourdieu, a culturally specific way not only of doing and speaking, but also of seeing, thinking and categorising. Habitus tends to be"naturalized" in that it is taken for granted or assimilated into the unconscious so that habitus is a necessary condition of action and shared understanding. |
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