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Ethology

E-thol′o-gy

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a depicting of character; [GREEK] custom, moral nature + [GREEK] to speak.]
1.
A treatise on morality; ethics.
2.
The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual.
J. S. Mill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ethology

ETHOL'OGY

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Noun.
[Gr. manners, morals, and discourse.]
A treatise on morality or the science of ethics.

Definition 2024


ethology

ethology

English

Noun

ethology (countable and uncountable, plural ethologies)

  1. (zoology) The scientific study of human and animal behaviour.
  2. (obsolete) The study of the human ethos.

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  • ethology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • ethology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • ethology at OneLook Dictionary Search

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