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Habitus is spelled the same as and has meanings derived from the Latin word habitus, also defined at Wiktionary. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

It is sometimes used in academic and technical fields to select one specific sense of the word "habit" or to designate a meaning distinct from the many senses of the word "habit": A word sense is one of the meanings of a word. ... A habit is the usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained. ...

• For the use in sociology see habitus (sociology)
• In biology, the term is sometimes used to denote a phenetic similarity in external morphology or the characteristic mode of growth or occurrence of an organism
• In medicine and psychology, susceptibility to certain types of physical disorders associated with particular body constitution types
• In medieval philosophy, especially Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Thomas Aquinas use the term in a way derived from Aristotle as a behavioral manifestation of the essential nature of a thing or a person

Other uses: Sociology (from Latin: socius, companion; and the suffix -ology, the study of, from Greek λόγος, lógos, knowledge [1]) is the systematic and scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social action, and culture[2]. Areas studied in sociology can range from the analysis of brief contacts between anonymous... Look up habitus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the song by Girls Aloud see Biology (song) Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology (from Greek: βίος, bio, life; and λόγος, logos, speech lit. ... In biology, phenetics, also known as numerical taxonomy, is an attempt to classify organisms based on overall similarity, usually in morphology or other observable traits, regardless of their phylogeny or evolutionary relation. ... The term morphology in biology refers to the outward appearance (shape, structure, colour, pattern) of an organism or taxon and its component parts. ... For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... Psychological science redirects here. ... Look up Constitution type in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Philosophy seated between the seven liberal arts – Picture from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad von Landsberg (12th century) Medieval philosophy is the philosophy of Europe and the Middle East in the era now known as medieval or the Middle Ages, the period roughly extending from the fall of the Roman... Blessed John Duns Scotus (c. ... William of Ockham (also Occam or any of several other spellings, IPA: ) (c. ... Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P.(also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. ... For other uses, see Aristotle (disambiguation). ...

• A Latin surname or cognomen
• Habitus: A Diaspora Journal
• Habitus, a 1998 novel by James Flint (British novelist)

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