behavioral

See also: béhavioral

English

Alternative forms

• behavioural (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi

Proto-Germanic *bider.

Proto-Germanic *bi-

Proto-West Germanic *bi-

Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.

Proto-Germanic *habjaną

Proto-West Germanic *habbjan

Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan

Old English behabban

Middle English behaven

Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *haβēō

Latin habeō

Old French avoirbor.

Middle English havour

Middle English behavoure

English behavior

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English behavioral

From behavior + -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/, /bəˈheɪvjəɹəl/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /bɪˈhæɪvjəɹəl/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /bəˈhæɪvjəɹəl/

Adjective

behavioral (not comparable)

1. (American spelling) Of or relating to behavior.
   • 2012 January, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 November 2013, page 60:

     Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.

Derived terms

• behavioral contagion
• behavioral crisis
• behavioral economics
• behavioral economist
• behavioral force
• behavioralist
• behaviorally
• behavioral objective
• behavioral pattern
• behavioral psychology
• behavioral science
• behavioral sink
• behavioral subtyping
• biobehavioral
• cognitive behavioral therapist
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• dialectical behavioral therapy
• interbehavioral
• macrobehavioral
• neurobehavioral
• nonbehavioral
• pharmacobehavioral
• postbehavioral
• psychobehavioral
• serobehavioral
• trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy

Related terms

• behaviorism
• behaviorist

Translations

of or relating to behavior

• French: comportemental (fr)
• Italian: comportamentale (it)
• Polish: behawioralny (pl)
• Portuguese: comportamental (pt)
• Russian: поведе́нческий (ru) (povedénčeskij)
• Spanish: del comportamiento, conductual
• Turkish: davranışsal (tr)