Behavior

What do we mean by behavior?

The manner in which one acts or behaves. noun

The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli. noun

One of these actions or reactions. noun

The manner in which something functions or operates. noun

Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; conduct; mode of acting; manners; deportment: sometimes, when used absolutely, implying good breeding or proper deportment. noun

Figuratively, the manner in which anything acts or operates. noun

The act of representing another person; the manner in which one personates the character of another; representative character. noun

In a state of probation; liable to be called to account in case of misconduct. noun

Synonyms Carriage, Behavior, Conduct, Deportment, Demeanor, bearing, manner, manners, all denote primarily outward manner or conduct, but naturally are freely extended to internal states or activities. Carriage, the way of carrying one's self, may be mere physical attitude, or it may be personal manners, as expressing states of mind: we speak of a haughty or noble carriage, but not ordinarily of an ignoble, cringing, or base carriage. Behavior is the most general expression of one's mode of acting; it also refers particularly to comparatively conspicuous actions and conduct. Conduct is more applicable to actions viewed as connected into a course of life, especially to actions considered with reference to morality. Deportment is especially behavior in the line of the proprieties or duties of life: as, Mr. Turveydrop was a model of deportment; the scholars' rank depends partly upon their deportment. Demeanor is most used for manners as expressing character; it is a more delicate word than the others, and is generally used in a good sense. We may speak of lofty or gracious carriage; good, bad, wise, foolish, modest, conceited behavior; exemplary conduct; grand, modest, correct deportment; quiet, refined demeanor. noun

Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects. noun

To be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. noun

While (or so long as) one conducts one's self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety. noun

Alternative form of behaviour. noun

(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people noun

Manner of acting or controlling yourself noun

(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation noun

The action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances noun

Human conduct relative to social norms.

The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.

A state of probation about one's conduct.

An instance of the way a living creature behaves.

Observable response produced by an organism.

The way a device or system operates.

Words that are spelled similarly to behavior:
behavior, behaviour, havior, behaving, behaviors.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word behavior:
behavioral, reinforcement, aggression, stimulus, modification, cognitive, genetics, therapy, attitudes, psychology, organizational, traits, evolutionary, disorder, psychological, aggressive, patterns, analysis, sexual, consequences, interaction, observed, personality, punishment, attitude, mental, emotional, stress, theories, factors, theory, humans, affect, moral.

Words that rhyme with behavior:
savior, saviour, xavier, gravure, misbehavior, flavier, save yer, savier.

Adjectives that are often used to describe behavior:
human, sexual, social, aggressive, antisocial, organizational, criminal, individual, deviant, appropriate, actual, verbal, violent, normal, overt, adaptive, inappropriate, abnormal, moral, delinquent, suicidal, ethical, nonverbal, maternal, collective, destructive, acceptable, future, bad, disruptive, proper, observed, dynamic, emotional, complex, prosocial, interpersonal, past, rational, parental, subsequent, seeking, undesirable, cooperative, negative, strange, learned, mechanical, typical, maladaptive, observable, male, bizarre, female, cognitive, adolescent, unusual, compulsive, correct, abusive, intelligent, impulsive, erratic, related, unacceptable, responsible, exploratory, reproductive, desirable, like, operant, assertive, irrational, dependent, unethical, ideal, expressive.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective behavior:
based, therapy, modification, problem, change, genetic, setting, discrepancies, modifying, environment, oriented, consequence, theory, control, management, outcome, analysis, contingent, analytic, the, rating, specific, effect, driven, shaping, level, fiction, persistence, traits, genetics, knowledge, nikola, related, pain, relationships, congresses, version, physiology, immune, centered, consequences, description, exchange, hiding, anchored, attitude, content, families, blocking, irritability, connections, adjustments, psychology, music, techniques, modeling, cuddliness, drug, primacy.

Consonant match to behavior:
behaviour.

Words that sound like behavior:
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