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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats