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be·hav·ior  (b-hvyr)

n.

1. The manner in which one behaves.

2.

a. The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli.

b. One of these actions or reactions: "a hormone . . . known to directly control sex-specific reproductive and parenting behaviors in a wide variety of vertebrates" (Thomas Maugh II).

3. The manner in which something functions or operates: the faulty behavior of a computer program; the behavior of dying stars.

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[Middle English behavour, from behaven, to behave (on the model of havour, behavior, from Old French avoir, from avoir, to have); see behave.]

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be·havior·al adj.

be·havior·al·ly adv.

Synonyms: behavior, conduct, deportment
These nouns all pertain to a person's actions as they constitute a means of evaluation by others. Behavior is the most general: The children were on their best behavior.
Conduct applies to actions considered from the standpoint of morality and ethics: "Life, not the parson, teaches conduct" (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)
Deportment more narrowly pertains to actions measured by a prevailing code of social behavior: "[Old Mr. Turveydrop] was not like anything in the world but a model of Deportment" (Charles Dickens).

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Adj.

1.

behavioral - of or relating to behavior; "behavioral sciences" behavioural