second nature en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(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.
For many video gamers, juggling a joystick and a pizza is second nature.
2005 April 3, Jeremy Caplan, “Game On, Hold The Pepperoni”, in Time:But habit had made the endurance of this load of panoply a second nature, both to the knight and his gallant charger.
1825, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 1, in The Talisman:Ashe Marson had realized that he must forego those morning exercises which had become a second nature to him.
1915, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Something New:
Translations (14)
es automático (mindset) · pl druga natura (mindset) · ru втора́я нату́ра (mindset) · es instintivo (mindset) · es natural (mindset) · fi toinen luonto (also see veressä) (mindset) · fr seconde nature (mindset) · es algo natural (mindset) · es intuitivo (mindset) · es segunda naturaleza (mindset) · he טֶבַע שֵׁנִי (mindset) · ta கை வந்த கலை (mindset) · de zur zweiten Natur werden (mindset) · cs druhá přirozenost (mindset)