Habit vs. Culture

Habitnoun

An action performed on a regular basis.

Habitnoun

An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.

Habitnoun

A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.

Habitnoun

A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.

Habitnoun

(archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.

Habitnoun

Form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant or crystal.

Habitnoun

An addiction.

Habitverb

(transitive) To clothe.

Habitverb

To inhabit.

Habitnoun

The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.

Habitnoun

The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.

Habitnoun

Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.

Habitnoun

Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.

Habitnoun

The distinctive clothing worn commonly by nuns or monks; as, in the late 1900's many orders of nuns discarded their habits and began to dress as ordinary lay women.

Habitverb

To inhabit.

Habitverb

To dress; to clothe; to array.

Habitverb

To accustom; to habituate.

Habitnoun

an established custom;

Habitnoun

a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition;

Habitnoun

(religion) a distinctive attire (as the costume of a religious order)

Habitnoun

excessive use of drugs

Habitverb

put a habit on

Habitnoun

a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up

Habitnoun

an addictive practice, especially one of taking drugs

Habitnoun

an automatic reaction to a specific situation.

Habitnoun

general shape or mode of growth, especially of a plant or a mineral

Habitnoun

a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order

Habitnoun

short for riding habit

Habitnoun

clothes

Habitnoun

a person's health or constitution

Habitverb

be dressed or clothed

Habit

A habit (or wont as a humorous and formal term) is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously.The American Journal of Psychology (1903) defined a Habitual behavior often goes unnoticed in persons exhibiting it, because a person does not need to engage in self-analysis when undertaking routine tasks. Habits are sometimes compulsory.

Culturenoun

the arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation

Culturenoun

the beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life

Culturenoun

(anthropology) any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings

Culturenoun

(botany) cultivation

Culturenoun

(microbiology) the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium

Culturenoun

the growth thus produced

Culturenoun

the collective noun for a group of bacteria

Culturenoun

(cartography) the details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels

Cultureverb

(transitive) to maintain in an environment suitable for growth especially of bacteria cultivate}}

Cultureverb

(transitive) to increase the artistic or scientific interest in something cultivate}}

Culturenoun

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

Culturenoun

The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.

Culturenoun

The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.

Culturenoun

The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms (such as fungi or eukaryotic cells from mulitcellular organisms) in artificial media or under artificial conditions.

Culturenoun

Those details of a map, collectively, which do not represent natural features of the area delineated, as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses, bridges, meridians, and parallels.

Cultureverb

To cultivate; to educate.

Culturenoun

a particular society at a particular time and place;

Culturenoun

the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

Culturenoun

all the knowledge and values shared by a society

Culturenoun

(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar);

Culturenoun

(bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in a nutrient medium

Culturenoun

a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality;

Culturenoun

the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization;

Culturenoun

the raising of plants or animals;

Culture

Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group.