HABITUATE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

habituate

verb

hə-ˈbi-chə-ˌwāt

Definition of habituate

as in to haunt

to go to or spend time in often the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs

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Recent Examples of habituate The process of learning to suppress a response to the rewarding stimulus happens at the level of the reward system—there is a decrease in the size of the dopamine release caused by a particular reward cue once the circuit has become habituated. — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026 Or the ways in which both adult-content sites such as OnlyFans and chatbot platforms habituate users (primarily men) to intimate relationships that are entirely sycophantic and affirming. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026 Many outfitters include outings with Onçafari, a Brazilian wildlife conservation organization initially created to help habituate jaguars to game vehicles. — Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026 With active conflicts in many parts of the world such as Russia-Ukraine, Pakistan-Afghanistan, and in the Middle East, or humanitarian disaster as in Somalia, the people and states in the world are becoming increasingly war-habituated. — Debidatta A. Mahapatra, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for habituate

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Renata, the lesbian narrator of Natalie Adler’s impressionistic debut, is literally haunted by ghosts after losing so many friends.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Boltanski’s haunting installation consists of rusting archive boxes stacked to form dark, narrow passageways.

— Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026

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Visitors also planning to explore Yellowstone should consider Pacific Creek, frequented by wildlife and situated between the northern end of Grand Teton and Yellowstone's South Entrance.

— Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
After completing his four-year stretch, Clayton-Thomas in 1962 began frequenting the music scene on the Yonge Street strip, when Arkansas rockabilly great Ronnie Hawkins gave him his first paying job in music.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

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