habituation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
noun a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions

From Middle English habituacioun, from Medieval Latin habituātio.

It is the habituation of an Army to War. — On War, Carl von Clausewitz
And of these first principles some are obtained by induction, some by perception,[22] some by a course of habituation, others in other different ways. — The Nicomachean ethics of Aristotle, Aristotle
But our minds have become used to it from the daily practice and habituation of our eyes, nor do we take the trouble to search into the principles of what is always in view; as if the novelty, rather than the importance, of things ought to excite us to investigate their causes. — Cicero's Tusculan Disputations: Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth, Marcus Tullius Cicero

addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency

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