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Webster 1913 Edition
Ethology
E-thol′o-gy
,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
,Noun.
A treatise on morality or the science of ethics.
Definition 2024
ethology
ethology
English
Noun
ethology (countable and uncountable, plural ethologies)
- (zoology) The scientific study of human and animal behaviour.
- (obsolete) The study of the human ethos.
Related terms
Translations
study of human and animal behaviour
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External links
- 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