second nature
Noun
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Noun
second nature (uncountable)
- (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.
- 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman, ch. 1:
- But habit had made the endurance of this load of panoply a second nature, both to the knight and his gallant charger.
- 1915, P. G. Wodehouse, Something New, ch. 1:
- Ashe Marson had realized that he must forego those morning exercises which had become a second nature to him.
- 2005, Jeremy Caplan, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1044721,00.html?iid=digg_share Game On, Hold The Pepperoni]," Time, 3 April:
- For many video gamers, juggling a joystick and a pizza is second nature.
- 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman, ch. 1:
- French: seconde nature
- Russian: вторая нату́ра
- Spanish: segunda naturaleza
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