be‧hav‧iour‧is‧m British English, behaviorism American English /bɪˈheɪvjərɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: BEHAVIOUR/BEHAVIOR, MISBEHAVIOUR/MISBEHAVIOR, BEHAVIOURISM/BEHAVIORISM, BEHAVIOURIST/BEHAVIORIST; verb: behave, misbehave; adverb: BEHAVIOURALLY/BEHAVIORALLY; adjective: BEHAVIOURAL/BEHAVIORAL]
the belief that the scientific study of the mind should be based only on people’s behaviour, not on what they say about their thoughts and feelings
—behaviourist noun [countable]

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