Associations to the word «Habitus»

Wiktionary

HABITUS, noun. (zoology) habitude; mode of life; bearing, general appearance.
HABITUS, noun. (botany) habit; general shape and appearance of a species or variety of plant.
HABITUS, noun. (sociology) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.

Dictionary definition

HABITUS, noun. Person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease); "the consumptive habitus".
HABITUS, noun. Constitution of the human body.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley