Habitus
Etymology
Latin "habitus" ("condition, bearing, disposition," from "habere," "to have or hold") was used by Aristotle (as "hexis") and Aquinas. Pierre Bourdieu revived it in the 1960s–70s to name the internalized structures through which society reproduces itself in the individual. Flagged as a scholarly revival of an old term.
noun · /HAB-ih-tuhs/
The deeply ingrained habits, tastes, and bodily ways of being that a person absorbs from their social environment.
What it names
A handle for the "second nature" that makes class and culture feel instinctive — how you stand, speak, and judge without deciding to.
Example
Her habitus gave her away before she spoke — the unhurried gestures and clipped vowels of someone raised never to seem eager.
Related idea
Where cultural capital is the assets you hold, habitus is the disposition that generates them — the engine, not the inventory.