code of behavior
1
3.7
- noun
- /koʊd əv bɪˈheɪvjər/
:
código de conducta
- But until new codes of behavior are agreed on, "there are no rules," says Rachel.
- observe the code of behavior
- traditional code of behavior
Examples
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From interviews with rookies and observations taken, it was apparent that newcomers carefully observed the established code of behavior of the veteran players.
Academic text (1995) -
You are a Telek now; we conduct ourselves by a strict code of behavior that you must learn.
Fiction book (1992) -
Older students may study these codes and then draw up a code of behavior for themselves.
Academic text (1993) -
But everyone has an ethical system of some sort, and a code of behavior.
Academic text (2008) -
We may have slightly different codes of behavior from one social class to another, but our emotions are the same.
Fiction book (1993) -
There were at one time definite codes of behavior for such situations.
Fiction book (1990) -
Within days of arriving in Sosa, sex workers learn the "code of behavior" to which they are expected to adhere.
Academic text (2004) -
In open defiance of the accepted codes of behavior, both Brando and Dean would exert enormous influence upon the new generations.
Academic text (2001) -
The elite lost its former hegemony over proper behavior in the revolutionary era, for middle-class authors both embellished the code of behavior that once was used to set "gentlemen" apart from the masses and taught it to middle-class readers.
Academic text (1996) -
The committee established a clear code of behavior for all members to follow during meetings.
Synonyms
492
3.9
A set of rules that people agree to follow in a job or group
282
4.6
Ideas about right and wrong that tell people how to act
106
3.9
A usual way of behaving that most people in a group follow
79
4.4
A set of moral rules that guide how a person or group behaves
23
3.4
A set of rules that members of a group must follow
3
4.2
A set of rules people must always follow with no exceptions
2
4.1
A set of rules that tell people in a job or group how to behave
1
2.3
Ideas about what is right and wrong that guide how people behave
How Strict
- Formal
730
3.4
∞
1.0
1
3.7
187
3.7
148
1.3
344
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a set of rules regulating conduct' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'code' (written rules) with 'behavior' (manner of acting), with 'of' simply linking the two nouns. This compositional noun-of-noun pattern is common across languages (e.g. Spanish 'código de conducta', French 'code de conduite'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase code of behavior comes from the idea of a code as a written list of rules and behavior meaning how people act. Imagine a club with a small book telling members 'how to act'; that book is the code of behavior, so the phrase now means the set of expected actions for a group.