Word Study
behaviour
OXFORD DICTIONARY
behaviour, n. (US behavior)
1 a the way one conducts oneself; manners. b the treatment of others; moral conduct.
2 the way in which a ship, machine, chemical substance, etc., acts or works.
3 Psychol. the response (of a person, animal, etc.) to a stimulus.
1 a the way one conducts oneself; manners. b the treatment of others; moral conduct.
2 the way in which a ship, machine, chemical substance, etc., acts or works.
3 Psychol. the response (of a person, animal, etc.) to a stimulus.
Idiom
behaviour therapy the treatment of neurotic symptoms by training the patient's reactions (see BEHAVIOURISM). be on one's good (or best) behaviour behave well when being observed.
Etymology
BEHAVE after demeanour and obs. haviour f. have
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