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==English== ===Etymology=== From Greek [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82 τρόπος] (''tropos'', “turn, manner, habit”) + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-clast -clast] (“breaker”) + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ics -ics] (“field of study or science”). Literally: “the science of breaking habits.” ===Noun=== '''tropoclastics''' (usually uncountable) # The science or systematic study of breaking habits, e.g. routines, or entrenched patterns of behavior. # A theoretical or practical discipline concerned with identifying, disrupting, & replacing habitual actions. {{#ev:youtube|v2H4l9RpkwM|600|center|Breaking the Habit (Official Music Video) – Linkin Park}} ===Example=== * After years of compulsive phone-checking, he began experimenting with his own form of '''tropoclastics''', gradually dismantling the reflex to reach for his device every few minutes. * The finitude fighter decided to break free of the Skinner box that was his Instagram Reels and find something more meaningful to do, like read a book or something. ===See also=== * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/habit habit] * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/behavior behavior] * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/discipline discipline]
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