noun
1. manner of acting or controlling yourself (Freq. 30)
• Hypernyms: ↑activity
• Hyponyms:
↑aggression, ↑bohemianism, ↑dirty pool, ↑dirty tricks, ↑discourtesy, ↑offense, ↑offence, ↑offensive activity, ↑easiness, ↑the way of the world, ↑the ways of the world
2. the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances (Freq. 8)
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the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments
• Syn: ↑behaviour
• Hypernyms: ↑action, ↑activity, ↑activeness
3. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people (Freq. 8)
• Syn: ↑demeanor, ↑demeanour, ↑behaviour, ↑conduct, ↑deportment
• Hypernyms: ↑trait
• Hyponyms:
↑manners, ↑citizenship, ↑swashbuckling, ↑propriety, ↑properness, ↑correctitude, ↑impropriety, ↑improperness, ↑manner, ↑personal manner
4. (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
• Syn: ↑behaviour
• Topics: ↑psychology, ↑psychological science
• Hypernyms: ↑activity
• Hyponyms: ↑territoriality
Useful english dictionary. 2012.