Usually means: Gradual habituation to a stimulus.
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  1. assuefaction: Merriam-Webster
  2. assuefaction: Collins English Dictionary
  3. assuefaction: Wordnik
  4. assuefaction: Wiktionary
  5. Assuefaction: Dictionary.com
  6. Assuefaction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. assuefaction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Assuefaction: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. assuefaction: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. assuefaction: FreeDictionary.org
  11. assuefaction: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Assuefaction: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. assuefaction: Merriam-Webster

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▸ noun:  (obsolete) habituation

Similar:
assuetude, obstupefaction, abatude, exagitation, assuasive, acervation, asservation, affamishment, appallment, insatisfaction, more...

Opposite:
novelty, unfamiliarity, change, variety

Types:
hypnotism, trance, meditation, more...

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Similar:
assuetude, obstupefaction, abatude, exagitation, assuasive, acervation, asservation, affamishment, appallment, insatisfaction, more...

Opposite:
novelty, unfamiliarity, change, variety

Types:
hypnotism, trance, meditation, more...



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