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INHABITANCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
Example:
he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony
Synonyms:
habitation; inhabitancy; inhabitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("inhabitancy" is a kind of...):
occupancy; tenancy (an act of being a tenant or occupant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inhabitancy"):
cohabitation (the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married))
bivouacking; camping; encampment; tenting (the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp)
Derivation:
inhabit (be an inhabitant of or reside in)
