habituative
English
Adjective
habituative (comparative more habituative, superlative most habituative)
- Related to habitual behavior.
- 1981, {unattributed}, Physiological Psychology - Volume 9 - Page 19
- "It is hypothesized that amobarbitol raises the threshold this particular frequency by suppressing the processing capabilities of the habituative system in the rat."
- 1981, {unattributed}, Physiological Psychology - Volume 9 - Page 19
Noun
habituative (plural habituatives)
- (grammar) verb form expressing habitual action or condition
- 1988, Alan R. Thomas, Methods in Dialectology: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference ...
- "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."
- 1988, Alan R. Thomas, Methods in Dialectology: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference ...
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