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Behaviorist

Definitions: Behaviorist

Behaviorist

Adjective

1. Of or relating to behaviorism; "behavioristic psychology".

Noun

1. A psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "behaviorist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references)

 

Synonyms: Behaviorist

Synonyms: behavioristic (adj), behaviouristic (adj), behaviourist (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Behaviorist

English words defined with "behaviorist": Skinnerian. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Behaviorist" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

German (behaviorist, behaviourist).

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Commercial Usage: Behaviorist

DomainTitle

Books

  • A behaviorist approach to the psychology of argumentation: an analysis of the 1972-73 high school debate topic (reference)

  • A Behaviorist Looks at Form Recognition (reference)

  • B. F. Skinner: Particulars of My Life, the Shaping of a Behaviorist, a Matter of Consequences (reference)

  • Behaviorismus und Pädagogik : Kritik behaviorist. Psychologie u. ihrer Anwendung in d. Pädagogik (reference)

  • Death comes for the behaviorist (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Behaviorist

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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40

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29

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18

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10

cat behaviorist

6

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5

canine behaviorist

3

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2

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2

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2

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2

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2

behaviorist pet

2

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2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Behaviorist

Language Translations for "behaviorist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

behavioristisch (behaviourist), behaviorist (behaviourist). (various references)

   

Italian

  

seguace del comportamentismo (behaviourist), del comportamentismo (behaviourist). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ehavioristbay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Behaviorist

Derivations

Words beginning with "behaviorist": behavioristic, behaviorists. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Behaviorist"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "behaviorist" (pronounced buhā"vyerust)
4-er u s tamorist, bitterest, caricaturist, disinterest, humorist, mannerist, motorist, satirist, secularist, theorist.
3-u s tablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Behaviorist

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-i-i-o-r-s-t-v"

-2 letters: behaviors.

-3 letters: abortive, behavior, hairiest, hoariest, obviates, ovaritis, tovarish, travoise, viatores, vibrates, vibratos, votaries.

-4 letters: airiest, baiters, barites, bathers, bearish, berthas, bhistie, boarish, boaster, boaters, borates, bothers, bothies, bothria, bravest, bravoes, breaths, earshot, harvest, hastier, haviors, heriots, hoister, isobare, isobath, ivories, obverts, obviate, orbiest, ovaries, rebaits, rebatos, revisit, shortia, shortie, sorbate, terbias, thorias.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-h-i-i-o-r-s-t-v"
 

+1 letter: behaviorists.

 

+2 letters: behavioristic.

 

+3 letters: interbehaviors.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Behaviorist


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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