second nature

2 definitions found

second nature - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  second nature
      n 1: acquired behavior that is practiced so long it seems innate

second nature - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "second nature":
     automatism, bad habit, characteristic, creature of habit, custom,
     force of habit, habit, habit pattern, habitude, pattern,
     peculiarity, practice, praxis, stereotype, stereotyped behavior,
     trick, usage, use, way, wont