habitus

American  

[hab-i-tuhs] / ˈhæb ɪ təs /

noun

plural

habitus

1. the physical characteristics of a person, especially appearance and constitution as related to disease.

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habitus British  

/ ˈhæbɪtəs /

noun

1. med general physical state, esp with regard to susceptibility to disease

2. tendency or inclination, esp of plant or animal growth; habit

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Etymology

Origin of habitus

1885–90; < New Latin, Latin; see habit ¹

Example Sentences

The Mackey family habitus is characterized by great pride in hard work, and a healthy skepticism of cushy lifestyles and anyone without calluses on their hands.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023

For too many people who have huge libraries, the whole project is one of social signaling and bourgeois habitus.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2022

“Courage is a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts,” she writes.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2017

Even in this brutish habitus, there is trust, loyalty, and love.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 28, 2016

Hieronymus vero Pragensis furtim venit Constantiam, protectus a nemine; deprehensus comparuit, peroravit, habitus est perbenigne, liber abiit quo voluit, sanatus est, haeresim eiuravit, relapsus est, exustus est.

From Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities by Campion, Edmund