Habitus may refer to: *

Habitus (biology) Habit, equivalent to habitus in some applications in biology, refers variously to aspects of behaviour or structure, as follows: *In zoology (particularly in ethology), habit usually refers to aspects of more or less predictable ''behaviour'', i ...

, a term commonly used in biology as being less ambiguous than "habit" *

Habitus (sociology) In sociology, habitus () is the way that people perceive and respond to the social world they inhabit, by way of their personal habits, skills, and dispositions. People with a common cultural background (social class, religion, and nationality, ...

, embodied dispositions or tendencies that organize how people perceive and respond to the world around them * '' Habitus: A Diaspora Journal'' * ''Habitus'', a 1998 novel by James Flint

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