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English noun: behavior | |||
| 1. | behavior (act) manner of acting or controlling yourself | ||
| Synonyms | behaviour, conduct, doings | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aggression, bohemianism, dirty pool, dirty tricks, discourtesy, easiness, offence, offense, offensive activity, the way of the world, the ways of the world | ||
| 2. | behavior (state) the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances | ||
| Samples | The behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments. | ||
| Synonyms | behaviour | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action, activeness, activity | ||
| 3. | behavior (attribute) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | ||
| Synonyms | behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | trait | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | citizenship, correctitude, improperness, impropriety, manner, manners, personal manner, properness, propriety, swashbuckling | ||
| 4. | behavior (act) (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation | ||
| Synonyms | behaviour | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | territoriality | ||
| Domain category | psychological science, psychology | ||
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