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Behavior the condition or state of being deviant or aberrant. 1. having a tendency towards, or being in a state of abnormality. 2. something that is abnormal. a person who is characterized as being in some way abnormal. impulsive, rash, or irresponsible actions or attitudes, especially in the sphere of public life. — adventurist, n. — adventuristic, adj. the attitudes and behavior of one who exaggerates dangers or always expects disaster. — alarmist, n. Obsolete, illogicality, unreasonableness. — alogic, alogical, adj. the taking on of masculine habits and occupations by women. the dress and conduct suitable to a pastoral existence, usually with reference to the idealized description of pastoral life in literature. — Arcadian, n., adj. 1. the state of having recently achieved wealth or position, especially by unscrupulous or unethical means. 2. behavior typical of arrivism. — arriviste, n., adj. a severe self-deprivation for ethical, religious, or intellectual ends. — ascetic, n., adj. 1. a sad and gloomy individual. 2. an irritable and bad-tempered person. — atrabilious, adj. the practice of striking poses, either to mask or to express personal feelings. — attitudinarian, n. the characteristics attributed to attorneys; slyness; unscrupulousness. an automatic or involuntary action. — automatist, n. Rare. an abnormal fear of being egotistical, of referring to oneself. Derogatory. the practices of Hindus who had only a slight English education. From bābū, a Hindi title equivalent to Sir or Mr. showmanship or any activity taking advantage of people’s credulity or desire for sensational entertainment, as practiced by P.T. Barnum (1810-91). the characteristics of a bashaw, especially tyranny and imperiousness. attitudes or behavior typical of a beatnik or one who has rejected conventions of society. a debased brutality, the opposite of humane activity: “I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.” (Othello). See also sex. strangeness or grotesqueness, especially strange or unconventional behavior. behavior typical of a blackguard, characterized by use of obscene language and by roguish actions. — blackguardery, n. — blackguardly, adj. the practice of individualistic, unconventional, and relaxed conduct, of ten in an artistic context, expressing disregard for or opposition to ordinary conventions. — bohemian, n., adj. conduct characteristic of a stupid person or clown. — boobyish, adj. a braggart’s usual activity; bragging. — braggartist, braggart, n. the practice of advocating or engaging in brutality. — brutalitarian, adj. the set of attributes that characterize a brute. — brutish, adj. the actions of a bully. the characteristics associated with one who advances his career even at the expense of his pride and dignity. — careerist, n. an addiction to ceremonies or ritualism, especially in social and other nonreligious contexts. — ceremonialist, n. the study of character, especially its development and its variations. — characterologist, n. — characterologic, characterological, adj. the quality of having characteristics of a fraud. — charlatanic, adj. a habit or custom; usual behavior. foolish conceit or vanity; behavior typical of a coxcomb. reckless or foolhardy behavior. Also called daredeviltry. — daredevil, n. Obsolete, raving or maniacal behavior, as that of a bacchanal. proper behavior; action that is seemly and in good taste. — decorous, adj. the attitudes or behavior of one who stubbornly holds on to something, as an outdated view, untenable position, etc. — die-hard, n., adj. an admiration of or interest in the arts, often used pejoratively to designate a shallow, undisciplined, or frivolous attraction. — dilettante, n., adj. — dilettantish, adj. idleness or indolence as a habit or regular practice. 1. an action characterized as being donkeylike; foolishness. 2. the characteristic of being like a donkey. — donkeyish, adj. the habit of being shabbily dressed. — dowdyish, adj. the habit of performing actions in a histrionic manner. a pedantic adherence to logically constructed rules. an action or behavior that deviates from the norm; unpredictability in behavior. 1. a deliberately conspicuous or exaggerated mode of behavior, intended to gain attention. 2. the abnormal practice of indecent exposure. — exhibitionist, n. — exhibitionistic, adj. laziness; the state of being idle. — faineant, adj. the quality of being a fairy or having fairylike characteristics. swaggering boastfulness; vainglorious speech or behavior. — fanfaron, n. spiritual or intellectual dissatisfaction combined with a desire for power or material advantage. After Johann Faust (c.1480-c.1538), German scholar portrayed by Marlowe and Goethe. — faustian, adj. Rare. evil attitudes and actions. 1. the quality or state of being a servant or toady. 2. behavior typical of flunkyism. — flunky, flunkey, n. the condition of adhering solely to set formulas. — formularistic, adj. behavior typical of an earlier time; old-fashioned or stuffy attitudes; fogyism. the condition of having brotherly qualities. — fraternalist, n. — fraternalistic, adj. the administrative duties of officials. — functionary, n., adj. the habit of using organized violence to achieve one’s ends. — gangster, n. boastful or bragging behavior. Also gasconadc. 1. inclined to laughter. 2. laugh-provoking in conduct or speech. the extremely obsequious behavior of a sycophant. — gnathonic, adj. 1. a strong penchant for good food; gourmetism; epicurism. 2. gluttony. — gourmand, gormand, n., adj. attitudes and actions modeled on the grandees, Iberian nobles of the highest rank. the activities and style of living attributed to gypsies. — gypsy, gipsy, n. — gypsyish, gipsyish, adj. a performance involving Harlequin or other characters of the Commedia dell’Arte; hence, buffoonery or clownish behavior. Also harlequinery. the practice of retiring from society and living in solitude, based upon a variety of motives, including religious. Also called hermitry, hermitship. — hermitic, hermitical, adj. histrionicism. a tendency to theatrical or exaggerated action. Also histriconism. — histrionics, n. — histrionic, adj. the state of being a hobo or vagrant. a dedication to taking holidays. lawless behavior or conduct typical of a hooligan. looking or acting in some way like a horse. — horsy, horsey, adj. — horsily, adv. any behavior attributed to the Hottentots, in particular, a kind of stammering or stuttering. ill-bred, boisterous, or tomboyish behavior in a woman. — hoyden, n. , — hoydenish, adj. 1. pretentious behavior or attitudes. 2. imposing or deceptive behavior. — humbug, humbugger, n. an obsolete physiological explanation of health, disease, and behavior, asserting that the relative proportions of four elemental bodily fluids or humors (blood-sanguinity, phlegm-sluggishness, black bile-melancholy, and yellow bile-choler) determined a person’s physical and mental constitution. — humoral, humoural, adj. division of patriotic loyalties, ascribed by some to foreign-born citizens in the United States. an idiosyncrasy or personal mannerism or peculiarity. a mannerism, action, or form of behavior peculiar to one person or group. — idiosyncratic, idiosyncratical, adj. lack of shame or modesty. 1. indecorous, improper, or unseemly behavior. 2. an indecorous thing or action. the customs or traditions of Indians, especially American Indians. — Indianist, n. the quality of revolting against established authority. — insurrectionist, n., adj. — insurrectionary, adj. a tendency to irritability and sudden fits of anger. Also called irascibleness. — irascible, adj. the quality of having traits or characteristics like those of Samuel Johnson. — Johnsonian, n., adj. Often pejorative. a mode of action or thought characterized by apparent youthfulness. — juvenile, n., adj. the actions and characteristics of a landlord. — landlordly, adj. frolicsomeness. the state of being noisy, rowdy, or disorderly. — larrikin, adj., n. a tendency to unrestrained, often licentious or dissolute conduct. Also libertinage. — libertine, n., adj. the pursuit or adulation of celebrities. — lionize, v. 1. an inclination to dispute or disagree with others, esp. through civil suits. 2. argumentativeness. — litigious, adj. the customs and characteristics of London and of those who reside there. — Londonish, adj. a tendency to foppishness. — macaroni, maccaroni, n. behavior characteristic of a maenad or bacchante; raging or wild behavior in a woman. — maenadic, adj. 1. the state or quality of being a maid, a young or unmarried woman. 2. behavior or attitude typical of maidism. a style of action, bearing, thought, or speech peculiar to an individual or a special group. See also art. — mannerist, n. — manneristic, adj. an emphasis on scrupulous attention to the details of methods and procedures in all areas of life. — martinet, n. — martinetish, adj. Rare. 1. a tendency in temperament to be mawkishly sentimental and tearfully emotional. 2. a degree of drunkenness characterized by mawkish emotionalism. — maudlin, adj. behavior typical of that portrayed in a melodrama, i.e., characterized by extremes of emotion. 1. the state or quality of having a lively, fickle, volatile, or erratic attitude or charaeter. 2. an instance of such behavior. — mercurial, adj. 1. the state or quality of being a weak and ineffectual person. 2. behavior or attitudes typical of a such a person. an intense (and sometimes injurious) tendency to mimicry. boastful and pretentious behavior; quackery or any actions typical of a mountebank. Also mountebankery. behavior characteristic of a boorish person. the principle or practice of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare. — mutualist, n. weak or insipid behavior or attitude. — namby-pamby, n., adj. a quality or trait distinctive of Negroes. conduct characteristic of a ninny, or silly fool. — ninnyish, adj. a rootless, nondomestic, and roving lifestyle. — nomadic, adj. the practice of going nude. — nudist, n., adj. the characteristics and customs of people situated in western regions, especially the Western Hemisphere, as western European countries and the United States. — Occidentalist, n. the condition of resembling an ogre in actions and characteristics. — ogreish, adj. the conscious policy and practice of taking selfish advantage of circumstances, with little regard for principles. — opportunist, n. — opportunistic, adj. the habits, qualities, and customs of Oriental peoples. — Orientalist, Orientality, n. mindless imitation. Also called parrotry. the adherence to an exclusive subject, interest, or topic. — particularist, n. — particularistic, adj. 1. behavior or attitudes typical of one who has recently acquired wealth or social position. 2. the state or quality of being a parvenu or upstart. — parvenu, n., adj. 1. the state of being a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome. 2. the state of being noble or high born. — patriciate, n. the quality of having common manners, character, or style. — plebeian, n., adj. a tendency to conduct expressing indifference, nonchalance, or lack of concern. — pococurante, pococurantist, n. — pococurante, adj. the characteristics associated with being a coward or wretch. Also called poltroonery. — poltroonish, adj. a penchant for meddlesomeness and officiousness. Also polypragmacy, polypragmaty. — polypragmatist, n. — polypragmatic, adj. one whose conduct is unchaste, licentious, or lewd. the study of human behavior and conduct. — praxeological, adj. excessive fastidiousness or over-refinement in language or behavior. hasty or rash action, behavior, etc.; undue or ill-considered haste. — precipitant, adj. the strict adherence to correctness of behavior. — prigger, n. — priggish, adj. 1. dissolute or immoral behavior. 2. reckless and extravagant spending or behavior. — profligate, adj. the actions and qualities of a protagonist. — protagonist, n. a tendency to peevish, petulant, or insolent conduct. a method of affecting behavior by assisting in the choice of desirable life goals. — psychagogue, n. affected or impertinent behavior; conceit. a tendency to absurdly chivalric, visionary, or romantically impractical conduct. — quixotic, quixotical, adj. Rare. a tendency to railing and quibbling. — rabulistic, rabulous, adj. the condition of being reactionary or resistant to change. — reactionist, n., adj. the characteristics of a reporter. the qualities of a reunion or social gathering. — reunionist, n. the state of being revolutionary. — revolutionary, revolutionist, n. — revolutional, revolutionary, adj. the excessive adherence to a routine. — routinist, n. noisy, quarrelsome, or disorderly conduct or behavior. — rowdy, n., adj. behavior typical or characteristic of a brutal and violent person. — ruffian, n. diabolical behavior. — Satanist, n. the condition of having uncivilized or primitive qualities. — savagedom, n. the practices characteristic of a schoolboy. — schoolboyish, adj. the characteristics and behavior of a scoundrel. — scoundrelly, adj. a person who seeks solitude or removes himself from the society of others; a recluse. the quality of having sensation. — sensorial. adj. Archaic. an ecstatic devotion, especially religious. 1. a person who delivers sermons. 2. a person who adopts a preaching attitude. a tendency to whimsical conduct in accord with absurd theories from past ages. [Allusion to the actions of Walter, father of the hero in Sterne’s Tristram Shandy.] a tendency to conduct marked by outbursts of strong emotion. — spasmodist, n. — spasmodic, spasmodical, adj. activity characteristic of the observance of Sunday as a holy day. the condition of having qualities or traits like those of a superman. — supermanly, adj. a love of luxury. [Allusion to Sybaris, a Greek colony in Italy not-ed for its luxury.] — sybarite, n. — sybaritic, adj. the practice of self-serving or servile flattery. Also called sycophancy. — sycophant, n. — sycophantic, adj. the condition of having coinciding emotions in two or more people. Obsolete. a form of teasing or harassment in which a hope of some good or benefit is instilled in the victim, only to be repeatedly dashed and the reward shown to be unattainable. hypocrisy. [Allusion to Molière’s hypocritical hero, Tartuffe.] Also called tartuffery. a tendency to actions marked by exaggerations in speech or behavior. Also called theatricism. the habit of extreme neatness. a personal despair leading to misanthropy. [Allusion to Shake-speare’s Timon of Athens.] a fawning flattery, obsequiousness, or sycophancy. — toady, n. — toadyish, adj, formal or superficial compliance with a law, requirement, convention, etc. the conduct characteristic of a tomboy, a boyish girl. — tomboyish, adj. Obsolete, the attitudes and actions of the Turks. the habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside of one’s knowledge or competence. — ultracrepidarian, n., adj. 1. the tendency to wander from place to place without a settled home; nomadism. 2. the life of a tramp; vagrancy. Also called vagabondage. — vagabond, n., adj. the malicious destruction or defamation of public or private property. — vandal, vandalization, n. — vandalish, adj. the actions or thoughts of members of a vanguard, those at the forefront of a movement, fad, etc. — vanguardist, n. the affection for or emulation of Victorian tastes or thoughts. the actions characteristic of a Viking, i.e., savagery, rapaciousness, etc. the compulsion to seek sexual gratification by secretively looking at sexual objects or acts; the actions of a Peeping Tom. — voyeur, n. — voyeuristic, adj. Rare. the state or quality of being foxlike, especially crafty or cunning. — vulpine, adj. behavior or character typical of a vulture, especially in the figurative sense of being rapacious. — vulturous, adj. the quality of having the traits of a werewolf. a penchant for rowdyism. [Allusion to Swift’s characters in Gulliver’s Travels.] 1. the state or quality of being a yokel or country bumpkin. 2. behavior, language, etc, typical of a yokel. the style of a zany or buffoon. a tendency to undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism. Obsolete.
1. abnormal zeal. 2. morbid jealousy. — zelotypic, adj. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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