Usually means: Behavior becoming automatic through practice.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word second nature:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. second nature: Merriam-Webster
  2. second nature: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. second nature: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. second nature: Collins English Dictionary
  5. second nature: Vocabulary.com
  6. second-nature: Wordnik
  7. second nature: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. second nature: Wiktionary
  9. second nature: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. second nature: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. second nature: Dictionary.com
  12. second nature: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Second Nature (Book), Second Nature (Dan Hartman song), Second Nature (Electronic song), Second Nature (Flying Colors album), Second Nature (Katherine Jenkins album), Second Nature (Margaret Urlich album), Second Nature (Rush song), Second Nature (book), Second Nature (disambiguation), Second Nature: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. second nature: Rhymezone
  15. second nature: FreeDictionary.org
  16. second nature: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Second Nature: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  18. second nature: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. second nature: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Second Nature: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (second nature)

noun:  (idiomatic) A mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.

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