Associations to the word «Behavior»

Wiktionary

BEHAVIOR, noun. (uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
BEHAVIOR, noun. (uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
BEHAVIOR, noun. (uncountable) (informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
BEHAVIOR, noun. (countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
BEHAVIOR, noun. (countable) (uncountable) (biology) (psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
BEHAVIOR, noun. (uncountable) The way a device or system operates.

Dictionary definition

BEHAVIOR, noun. Manner of acting or controlling yourself.
BEHAVIOR, 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".
BEHAVIOR, noun. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people.
BEHAVIOR, noun. (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley