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    <title>behavior</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{also|behaviour}}&lt;!--If you edit this entry, please also edit [[behaviour]] to ensure these two entries remain synchronized.--&gt;[[Category:Synchronized entries|behavior]]
==English==

===Alternative spellings===
* [[behaviour]] (''UK'', ''Australia'', ''New Zealand'', ''Republic of Ireland'', ''Canada'')

===Etymology===
&lt; {{term|behave}} + {{term|-oure}}, {{term|-iour}}, {{term|-ior}}, apparently in simularion of {{term|havior}}, {{term|haviour}}, {{term|havour}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|s|-}}  {{US}}

# The way an animal or human [[behave]]s or [[act]]s.
# The way a device or system operates.

====Related terms====
{{rel-top|the actions of organisms}}
* [[behave]]
* [[behavioral]]
* [[behavioralism]]
* [[behavioralist]]
{{rel-mid}}
* [[behaviorism]]
* [[behaviorist]]
* [[behavioristic]]
* [[behavior pattern]]
* [[behavioral science]]
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|way an animal or human behaves or acts}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|chování|n}}, {{t+|cs|jednání|n}}
* Hebrew: [[התנהגות]] (hitnahagut) {{f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|beteende|n}}
* [[Telugu]]: [[ప్రవర్తన]] (pravartana)
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|way matter moves}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|chování|n}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Hebrew: [[התנהגות]] (hitnahagut) {{f}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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* Arabic: {{Arab|[[سلوك]]}} (sulú:k)
* [[Breton]]: [[emzalc'h]] {{m}}, [[doare d'ober]] {{m}}
* Bulgarian: [[поведение]] (povedénie) {{n}}
* Chinese: [[行爲]] (xíngwéi)
* Dutch: [[gedrag]] {{n}}, [[gedragingen]] {{f|p}}
* Finnish: [[käytös]], [[käyttäytyminen]]
* French: [[comportement]] {{m}}
* German: [[Verhalten]] {{n}}, [[Betragen]] {{n}}, [[Benehmen]] {{n}}, [[Verhaltensweise]] {{f}}, [[Führung]] {{f}}
* Greek: [[συμπεριφορά]] (si[m]beriforá) {{f}}, [[διαγωγή]] (ðiagoyí) {{f}}, [[φέρσιμο]] (férsimo) {{n}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Hungarian: [[magatartás]], [[viselkedés]]
* Indonesian: [[tingkah laku]], [[perilaku]], [[sifat]], [[biasa|kebiasaan]]
* Italian: [[comportamento]] {{m}}
* 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)
* Korean: [[행동]] (haengdong)
* Lithuanian: [[elgesys]] {{m}}
* Polish: [[zachowanie]] {{n}}, [[postępowanie]] {{n}}, [[maniery]] {{p}}
* Portuguese: [[comportamento]] {{m}}
* Russian: [[поведение]] (povedénije) {{n}}
* Spanish: [[comportamiento]] {{m}}
* Swedish: [[beteende]] {{n}}, [[uppförande]]
* Turkish: [[davranış]]
{{trans-bottom}}

====External links====
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

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