second nature

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second nature

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  1. idiomatic, uncountable 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. But habit had made the endurance of this load of panoply a second nature, both to the knight and his gallant charger.

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@misc{second_nature_2026,
  title = {second nature},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/second%20nature},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}