Meanings
adjectivebehavioural (not comparable)
alternative US behavioral
- UKnot comparableOf or pertaining to behaviour.
Barry is... well, what? Borderline autistic and obsessive-compulsive, with serious anger management issues and a dangerous behavioural disorder that in the real world would get him a one-way ticket to the rubber room.
2003 July 2, Peter Bradshaw, “Punch-Drunk Love”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 07 Aug 2014
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to behavior
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Origin
- Englishbehaviour
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishbehavioural
Translations
Dutch gedragsmatig
- gedragsmatigof or pertaining to behaviour
Finnish käyttäytymis-, käytös-
- käyttäytymis-of or pertaining to behaviour
- käytös-of or pertaining to behaviour
French comportemental
- comportementalof or pertaining to behaviour
German Verhaltens-
- Verhaltens-of or pertaining to behaviour
Hungarian viselkedési, magatartási
- viselkedésiof or pertaining to behaviour
- magatartásiof or pertaining to behaviour
Indonesian perilaku
- perilakuof or pertaining to behaviour
Polish behawioralny, zachowaniowy
- behawioralnyof or pertaining to behaviour
- zachowaniowyof or pertaining to behaviour
Romanian comportamental
- comportamentalof or pertaining to behaviour
Russian поведе́нческий
- поведе́нческий (povedénčeskij)of or pertaining to behaviour
Cite this entry
APA
behavioural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behavioural
MLA
“behavioural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behavioural. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “behavioural,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behavioural.
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