habituator

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noun

One who habituates, or becomes used to a stimulus.

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Meanings

nounhabituator (plural habituators)

plural habituators

  1. One who habituates, or becomes used to a stimulus.

    The baby in the top panel looks a lot at the stimulus at first and then rapidly and consistently declines in looking to habituate; this baby exemplifies a rapid habituator who shows a linear, or exponential, decrease in looking.

    1992, Marc H. Bornstein, Michael E. Lamb, Development in Infancy: An Introduction, page 246
  2. A device that produces noise, used as an implant to treat tinnitus.

Origin

From habituate + -or.

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APA

habituator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/habituator

MLA

“habituator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/habituator. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “habituator,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/habituator.

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