behaviour

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

be=hav=iour

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun behaviour has 4 senses

behaviour(n = noun.state) behavior - the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances; "the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments"

is a kind of action, activeness, activity

behaviour(n = noun.attribute) behavior, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment - (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people; Array

is a kind of trait

has particulars: manners, citizenship, swashbuckling, correctitude, properness, propriety, improperness, impropriety, manner, personal manner

behaviour(n = noun.act) behavior - (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation; Array

is a kind of activity

has particulars: territoriality

behaviour(n = noun.act) behavior, conduct, doings - manner of acting or controlling yourself; Array

is a kind of activity

has particulars: aggression, bohemianism, dirty pool, dirty tricks, discourtesy, offence, offense, offensive activity, easiness, the way of the world, the ways of the world

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

behaviour, n. (US behavior)
1 a the way one conducts oneself; manners. b the treatment of others; moral conduct.
2 the way in which a ship, machine, chemical substance, etc., acts or works.
3 Psychol. the response (of a person, animal, etc.) to a stimulus.

Idiom

behaviour therapy the treatment of neurotic symptoms by training the patient's reactions (see BEHAVIOURISM). be on one's good (or best) behaviour behave well when being observed.

Etymology

BEHAVE after demeanour and obs. haviour f. have

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