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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King