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Webster 1913 Edition

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 2025

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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Etymology

From the Latin ēthologia ‎(“the art of depicting or imitating character”), from the Ancient Greek ἠθολογία ‎(ēthología, “painting of character, especially by mimic gestures”), from ἠθολόγος ‎(ēthológos, “painting character by mimic gestures”), from ἦθος ‎(êthos, “character”, especially “moral character”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /iːˈθɒlədʒi/

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