behaviourism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English behaviour

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English behaviourism

From behaviour + -ism.

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Noun

behaviourism (countable and uncountable, plural behaviourisms)

1. (British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.

Derived terms

• neobehaviourism

References

• “behaviourism”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• misbehaviour