Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

habituative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ha-bit-u-a-tive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to habitual behavior.

noun

verb form expressing habitual action or condition

Example Sentences

"It is hypothesized that amobarbitol raises the threshold this particular frequency by suppressing the processing capabilities of the habituative system in the rat."
""The habituative and progressive do not co-occur with the perfective. You may choose either the habituative or the progressive or both, but if the progressive is chosen the predicator following must be a verb and not a verbal adjective.""

Etymology

From habituate + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: habituate

Inflected Forms

more habituative (comparative) most habituative (superlative) habituatives (plural)

Questions

What does habituative mean?: Related to habitual behavior.
Where does habituative come from?: From habituate + -ive.

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