behavior

Definition for behavior

noun as in manner of conducting oneself

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act, action, attitude, conduct, demeanor, management, nature, performance, practice, presence, role, style

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address, air, bag, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, mien, mode, morals, observance, propriety, ritual, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, speech, tact, talk, taste, tone, way, ways

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social graces, tenue, way of life, what's done

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In 2018, the FBI released a paper detailing concerning behaviors of active shooters before their attack.

From Salon

She’s used it to learn about “different sleep training strategies, troubleshoot sleep, and behavior issues.”

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The harm is psychic and moral, reflecting a conflict between deeply held ethical beliefs and behaviors that violate these beliefs, particularly behaviors over which one has little or no control.

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There was no metal on the bill at Lilith Fair, or, to judge by Ally Pankiw’s film, anything in the way of ego or arguments or any sort of bad behavior, backstage or before it.

From Los Angeles Times

And consumers, accustomed to whipping out their smartphones to record everything, might have to change their behavior.

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