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What is second nature?

What is second nature? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) 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.
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Of course I am going to put my seatbelt on when I drive, it is second nature, but I unclip it to reverse up my tricky driveway.
We become just or temperate by acting justly or temperately and the practice of these actions makes them second nature to us.
The inescapable conclusion was that, by the time the better players graduated to senior level, it would all be second nature to them.
The written word, he said, was like second nature to man and it would always have some followers in some corner of the earth.
And having achieved his narrow victory, the famous flip-flop on fundamental issues was second nature to him.
Until you get used to people's disabilities and you realise it's second nature to them, it can be difficult and you can feel awkward.

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