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behaviors

NOUN

manner of conducting oneself

Synonyms

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

STRONG

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

WEAK

social graces tenue way of life what's done

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cessation idleness inactivity inertia repose rest stoppage

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bad manners carelessness immorality impropriety indecency listening quiet silence thoughtlessness

Example Sentences

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“We did a lot of focus on training our people, rolled out our new values and behaviors, aligned our goals and objectives to a single one-Boeing set of goals and objectives,” said Ortberg.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

When researchers increased this mitochondrial transfer in mice, pain-related behaviors dropped by as much as 50%.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

For decades, nonplayable characters have employed a basic form of AI to drive scripted dialogue and behaviors.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Karen Guzzo, PhD, is a professor of sociology and the director of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina; she’s an expert on fertility preferences and fertility behaviors.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Economic and social behaviors, Galbraith continued, “are complex, and to comprehend their character is mentally tiring. Therefore we adhere, as though to a raft, to those ideas which represent our understanding.”

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt