assuefaction
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌæ.swɪ.ˈfæk.ʃən/
- (General American) /ˌæ.swə.ˈfæk.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -ækʃən
Noun
[edit]assuefaction (uncountable)
- (obsolete) habituation
- 1716, Sir Thomas Browne, Christian Morals:
- Forget not how assuefaction unto any thing minorates the passion from it, how constant Objects loose their hints, and steal an inadvertisement upon us.