noun
habitus
Habitus (noun) means (formal) A person's characteristic way of life and manner.
noun
1
(formal) A person's characteristic way of life and manner.
2
How someone or something generally looks.
3
(medicine) A person's overall body shape and build, covering weight, fat distribution, posture and the way they walk.
4
(sociology) The shared habits, values and outlook that members of a social group pick up through everyday life.
"A wrestler could gain the rank of ōzeki based on his competitive achievements, but the promotion to yokozuna implied the presence of a certain habitus than embodied the quintessential traditional Japaneseness."
— Raúl Sánchez García, Reformulation, expansion, and hybridisation of Japanese martial arts (2019)
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Etymology
From Latin habitus (“habit”), from habeō (“have; maintain”). The plural habiti is a misconstruction, as the Latin plural is in fact habitūs. habiti may have been influenced by Latin habitī, the plural of the participle habitus; however, it is not the etymon of the English term.
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What is the meaning of habitus?
"habitus" (noun) means (formal) A person's characteristic way of life and manner.
What is another word for habitus?
Other words for "habitus" include physique, build.
What are the different meanings of habitus?
"habitus" has 3 main meanings: 1. (formal) A person's characteristic way of life and manner; 2. How someone or something generally looks; 3. (medicine) A person's overall body shape and build, covering weight, fat distribution, posture and the way they walk.
