behavior
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From behave + -ior, apparently in simulation of havior, haviour, havour. Compare Scots havings (“behavior”), from have (“to behave”).
[edit] Noun
behavior (countable and uncountable; plural behaviors) (US)
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- Adjectives often applied to "behavior": human, animal, physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, organizational, corporate, social, collective, parental, interpersonal, sexual, crminal, 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.
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the actions of organisms
[edit] Translations
way an animal or human behaves or acts
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way matter moves
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[edit] External links
- behavior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- behavior in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
