behaviourism
noun
behaviourism is spelled B-E-H-A-V-I-O-U-R-I-S-M: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, behaviourism means “behaviorism (an approach focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of behaviourism is behaviourisms.
How many letters and syllables are in behaviourism?
| Letters | 12: B-E-H-A-V-I-O-U-R-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is behaviourism?
Behaviourism appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce behaviourism?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-behaviourism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with behaviourism?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as behaviourism.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: misbehaviour.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of behaviourism
- behaviourisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does behaviourism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
behaviorism (an approach focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena)
- 2
behaviorism (the theory that a mental state is identical to the disposition or tendency to behave in accordance with the physical causes; statements about the mind are reducible to statements of physical behavior)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does behaviourism come from?
From behaviour + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).