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behavior

Dictionary definition · behavior

noun

  1. manner of acting or controlling yourself
  2. the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances"the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments"
  3. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
  4. (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).