BEHAVIOR
behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings
(noun) manner of acting or controlling yourself
behavior, behaviour
(noun) (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment
(noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
behavior, behaviour
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
behavior (usually uncountable, plural behaviors) (American spelling)
(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
(uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
(uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
(countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
(uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
Usage notes
• Adjectives often applied to "behavior": human, animal, physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, organizational, corporate, social, collective, parental, interpersonal, sexual, criminal, appropriate, inappropriate, correct, incorrect, right, wrong, good, bad, acceptable, unacceptable, poor, ethical, unethical, moral, immoral, responsible, irresponsible, normal, odd, deviant, abnormal, violent, abusive, aggressive, offensive, defensive, rude, stupid, undesirable, verbal, nonverbal, learned, professional, unprofessional, adaptive, compulsive, questionable, assertive, disgusting, self-destructive.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*hav"ior, n.
Definition: Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting
one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate
objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the
magnetic needle.
A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior. Steele.
To be upon one's good behavior, To be put upon one's good behavior,
to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on
propriety of conduct.
– During good behavior, while (or so long as) one conducts one's
self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety.
Syn.
– Bearing; demeanor; manner.
– Behavior, Conduct. Behavior is the mode in which we have or bear
ourselves in the presence of others or toward them; conduct is the
mode of our carrying ourselves forward in the concerns of life.
Behavior respects our manner of acting in particular cases; conduct
refers to the general tenor of our actions. We may say of soldiers,
that their conduct had been praiseworthy during the whole campaign,
and their behavior admirable in every instance when they met the
enemy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition