behavior

See also: behaviour

English

Pronunciation

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Alternative forms

• behaviour (everywhere except US)
• behavoure, behavier, behaver, behavor, behavour

Etymology

From , apparently in simulation of (deprecated template usage) havior, (deprecated template usage) haviour, (deprecated template usage) havour. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scots (deprecated template usage) havings, from (deprecated template usage) have.

Noun

behavior (countable and uncountable, plural behaviors)

1. The way a living creature behaves or acts.
2. The way a device or system operates.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "behavior": human, animal, physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, organizational, corporate, social, collective, parental, interpersonal, sexual, criminal, appropriate, inappropriate, correct, incorrect, right, wrong, good, bad, acceptable, unacceptable, poor, ethical, unethical, moral, immoral, responsible, irresponsible, normal, odd, deviant, abnormal, violent, abusive, aggresive, offensive, defensive, rude, stupid, undesirable, verbal, nonverbal, learned, professional, unprofessional, adaptive, compulsive, questionable, assertive, disgusting, self-destructive.

Related terms

the actions of organisms

• behave
• behavioral
• behavioralism
• behavioralist

• behaviorism
• behaviorist
• behavioristic
• behavior pattern
• behavioral science

Translations

way an animal or human behaves or acts

• Arabic: سلوك m (suluuk)
• Bengali:
• Bulgarian: поведение (bg) n (povedenie), държание (bg) n (dǎržanie)
• Catalan: conducta f, comportament (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行為／行为 (xíngwéi), 行为 (xíngwéi)

• Czech: chování (cs) n, jednání (cs) n
• Dutch: gedrag (nl) n, gedragingen (nl) pl
• Esperanto: konduto (eo)
• Finnish: käytös (fi), käyttäytyminen (fi)
• French: comportement (fr)
• German: Verhalten (de) n, Benehmen (de) n, Betragen n
• Greek: συμπεριφορά (el) f (symperiforá)
• Hebrew: התנהגות (hitnahagut) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hindi: बर्ताव (bartāv)
• Interlingua: comportamento
• Italian: comportamento (it)
• Japanese: 振る舞い (ふるまい, furumai), 行儀 (ぎょうぎ, gyōgi), 行動 (ja) (こうどう, kōdō)
• Korean: 행위 (ko) (haeng-wi) (行爲 (ko)), 행동 (ko) (haengdong) (行動 (ko))
• Polish: zachowanie n
• Portuguese: comportamento (pt) m
• Russian: поведение (ru) n (povedénije)
• Spanish: comportamiento (es) m, conducta (es) f
• Swedish: beteende (sv) n
• Telugu: ప్రవర్తన (pravartana)
• Tok Pisin: pasin

way matter or systems behave

• Bulgarian: поведение (bg) n (povedenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行為／行为 (xíngwéi), 行为 (xíngwéi)

• Czech: chování (cs) n
• Finnish: käyttäytyminen (fi)
• Greek: συμπεριφορά (el) f (symperiforá)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: התנהגות (hitnahagut) f
• Italian: comportamento (it) m
• Polish: zachowanie n
• Portuguese: comportamento (pt) m
• Russian: поведение (ru) n (povedénije)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Arabic: Template:Arab (sulú:k)
• (deprecated template usage) Breton: emzalc'h m, doare d'ober m
• (deprecated template usage) French: comportement m
• (deprecated template usage) German: Verhalten n, Betragen n, Benehmen n, Verhaltensweise f, Führung f
• (deprecated template usage) Hungarian: magatartás, viselkedés
• (deprecated template usage) Indonesian: tingkah laku, perilaku, sifat, kebiasaan
• (deprecated template usage) Italian: comportamento m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Japanese: 振舞い (ふるまい, furumai), 行儀 (ぎょうぎ, gyōgi), 行動 (こうどう, kōdō), 反応 (はんのう, hannō)
• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 행동 (haengdong)
• (deprecated template usage) Lithuanian: elgesys m
• (deprecated template usage) Spanish: comportamiento m
• (deprecated template usage) Swedish: beteende (sv) n, uppförande (sv)
• (deprecated template usage) Turkish: davranış

External links

• “behavior”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “behavior”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.