Definition of Behavior

1. Noun. Manner of acting or controlling yourself.


2. Noun. The action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances. "The behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments"
Exact synonyms: Behaviour
Generic synonyms: Action, Activeness, Activity

3. Noun. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people.

4. Noun. (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation.
Exact synonyms: Behaviour
Generic synonyms: Activity
Specialized synonyms: Territoriality
Category relationships: Psychological Science, Psychology

Definition of Behavior

1. n. Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle.

Definition of Behavior

1. demeanor [n -S] - See also: demeanor

Medical Definition of Behavior

1. Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. "A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior." (Steele) To be upon one's good behavior, To be put upon one's good behavior, to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. During good behavior, while (or so long as) one conducts one's self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety. Synonym: Bearing, demeanor, manner. Behavior, Conduct. Behavior is the mode in which we have or bear ourselves in the presence of others or toward them; conduct is the mode of our carrying ourselves forward in the concerns of life. Behavior respects our manner of acting in particular cases; conduct refers to the general tenor of our actions. We may say of soldiers, that their conduct had been praiseworthy during the whole campaign, and their behavior admirable in every instance when they met the enemy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Behavior

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beg off
behalf
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behappen
behappens
behatted
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behaved
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behavior (current term)
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behavioral
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behaviorism
behaviorisms
behaviorist
behavioristic
behavioristic psychology
behaviorists
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behavior modification
behavior therapy
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behavioural

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