behaviorist
/bɪhˈeɪvjɚɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.27 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The behaviorist has nothing to say of “consciousness.” How can he? Behaviorism is a natural science. He has neither seen, smelled nor tasted consciousness nor found it taking part in any human reactions. How can he talk about it until he finds it in his path?"
- "According to “the official view,” one never sees another mind; at most, one sees the physical behavior of another person. But, says the behaviorist, if we were really talking about unobservable entities when we talk about other minds, then each of us would naturally be skeptical about other minds: we would be reluctant to make judgements about mental states of others; we would even be dubious about the very existence of other minds."
- "But the feeling that the behaviorist is on to something remains. One point which he has going for him is that is seems absurd to suggest that we might someday, after years of fruitful conversation with the Antipodeans, have ground for saying, “Ah, no raw feels; so no minds; so no language, and not persons after all.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan Old English behabban Middle English behaven Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Old French avoirbor. Middle English havour Middle English behavoure English behavior Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English behaviorist From behavior + -ist.
Usage
Inflected Forms
behaviorists (plural)
behaviourist (alternative)
more behaviorist (comparative)
most behaviorist (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
philosophical behaviorist
under derived terms
Frequently Paired Words
under derived terms