pattern of behavior

Related
  • habitSettled regular tendency
  • routineRegular sequence of actions
  • tendencyInclination toward a behavior
  • ritualCeremonial set of actions
  • cycleRepeating sequence of events

repetition · instinct · compulsion · reflex · quirk · mannerism · tick · conditioning · loop · trigger · response · predictable · automatic · ingrained · learned · unconscious · obsessive · addictive

Categories
Opposites
regularity vs. randomness

pattern of behaviorerratic behavior

Unpredictable, inconsistent conduct

chaotic behavior · randomness · unpredictability · volatility · whimsy

structure vs. chaos

pattern of behaviordisorder

Absence of organization

randomness · disarray · formlessness · chaos · entropy

habitual vs. spontaneous

pattern of behaviorimpulsive behavior

Actions taken without forethought

anomaly · aberration · single act · deviation · outlier

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