ethology
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin ēthologia (“the art of depicting or imitating character”), from the Ancient Greek ἠθολογία (ēthología, “painting of character, especially by mimic gestures”), from ἠθολόγος (ēthológos, “painting character by mimic gestures”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, especially moral character”). Equivalent to etho- + -logy.
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Noun[edit]
ethology (countable and uncountable, plural ethologies)
- (zoology) The scientific study of human and animal behaviour.
- (obsolete) The study of the human ethos.
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Translations[edit]
study of human and animal behaviour
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Further reading[edit]
ethology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ethology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ethology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ethology at OneLook Dictionary Search
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