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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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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.
Now she's studying him carefully, locking his face into her mind in an exercise which is already becoming second nature.
The leading of our eyes to some lustrous or roseate goal is second nature to them.
By introducing new more healthy ways of eating while her children are still young, she hopes it will become second nature to them.
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.
This kind of sophisticated obfuscation comes as second nature to Republicans these days.

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