Nonhabit

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A condition or state characterized by the absence of regular habits or routines; a situation where typical behavioral patterns are not established; the quality of lacking consistent, repeated actions
2. The circumstance in which customary practices are missing; the lack of repeated or ingrained actions or behaviors; an attribute describing irregular or non-repetitive conduct
3. The state marked by nonexistence of habitual behavior; a status indicating actions are not performed routinely; describing a pattern of irregular or uncommon activity

Etymology: The word is a plain English formation: the negating prefix "non-", from Latin "non" meaning "not", attached to "habit". "Habit" came into English through Old French from Latin "habitus", the past participle of "habere", "to have" or "to hold." The original sense was closer to a condition or bearing a person holds than to a repeated action, and the routine sense developed from that. Adding "non-" simply reverses the idea: a state in which something is not held as a regular practice.

Synonyms: noncustom, nonroutine

Antonyms: habit, custom, routine