habit forming
Leading to compulsion
Habit forming describes something that creates a habit, especially substances or activities that become difficult to stop.
The term often appears on warning labels for medications: This drug may be habit forming.
It applies beyond drugs to anything compulsively repeated: Those potato chips are habit forming.
Also spelled habit-forming.
- addictiveCausing physical or psychological dependence
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- dependencyState of needing support
- withdrawalAct of taking away
cold turkey · nicotine · ritual · routine · nail biting · hooked · can't stop · obsessive · guilty pleasure · repetitive · trigger · urge · vice · temptation · relapse · fixation · pattern · automatic
- habitsrituals, morning routine, daily routine, routines, routine
- behavior changereinforcement, conditioning, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, reward
- Coping Strategiesavoidance, coping, stress management, denial, acceptance
- substance usedrug use, alcohol use, substance abuse, drug abuse, recreational use
- New Year's resolutionsI pledge, fresh start, clean slate, new chapter, starting over
- self-disciplineself-discipline, self-control, self-regulation, restraint, impulse control
habit formingnonaddictive
Won't cause dependency
harmless · safe · benign · innocuous · therapeutic
habit formingself-limiting
Automatically constraining its scope
take-it-or-leave-it · off-putting · repellent · aversive · unappealing
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