behavior therapy behavior modification | psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior |
fatigue duty fatigue | labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on), the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson, they were assigned to kitchen fatigues |
disorderly conduct disorderly behavior disturbance of the peace breach of the peace | any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled |
behavior behaviour conduct doings | manner of acting or controlling yourself |
behavior behaviour | (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation |
demeanor demeanour behavior behaviour conduct deportment | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
code of conduct code of behavior | a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group |
double standard of sexual behavior | a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women) |
fatigue | (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something, he was suffering from museum fatigue, after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue, the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue, political fatigue |
fatigue party | a group of soldiers on fatigue duty |
fatigue crack | a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue |
relaxation relaxation behavior | (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance |
behavior behaviour | the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances, the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments |
fatigue weariness tiredness c | temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work, he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue, growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills, weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep |
fatigue fracture stress fracture | fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury |
battle fatigue combat fatigue combat neurosis shell shock | a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare |
fatigue | used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress, metal fatigue |
c tire wear upon tire out wear weary jade wear out outwear wear down fag out fag fatigue c | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress, We wore ourselves out on this hike |
tire pall weary fatigue jade | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody, I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food |