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ethological, a.|iːθəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. Pertaining to ‘ethology’.
a. According to the Dicts.: Pertaining to ethics.
b. After J. S. Mill: Pertaining to the science of human character.
1730–6in Bailey (folio). 1775in Ash. 1843Mill Logic vi. v. §6 The ethological consequences of particular circumstances of position. 1883W. Minto in Academy 29 Dec. 425 The son is sufficiently candid for the most exacting student of ethological truth.
2. Pertaining to the scientific study of customs.
1865Max Müller Chips (1880) II. xxv. 266 What may be called ethological as distinguished from ethnological researches.
3. Of or pertaining to ethology 4.
1908Westm. Gaz. 1 Aug. 15/2 Animal psychology in France is no longer the quoting of instances of the supernatural intellectual qualities of the tame dog... The ethological method has sprung into existence. 1959Ibis No. 101, p. 357 (heading) The ethological analysis of incubation behaviour. 1959New Biol. XXVIII. 71 The reproductive segregation which it brings about is commonly called ethological isolation. |