temperament

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A tendency to become irritable or angry.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.

Synonyms

disposition
C2
nature
B1
character
B1
temper
B2
personality
B2
mood
B1
humor
B2
quality
B2
constitution
C1
spirit
B1
spirits
B2
mettle
32k
manner
B2
behavior
B2
qualities
C1
humour
C1
characteristics
C2
individuality
26k
complexion
C2
trait
C2
type
A2
vivacity
way
A1
ways
B1

one’s bent

fibre
22k
meaning
B1

disposition,

appearance
B2
condition
B1
conduct
B2
ebullience
feelings
B1
form
B1
inclination
23k
looks
A1
mark
A2
mentality
C2
method
B2
proclivity
shape
B1
sign
A2
significance
C1
soul
A2
tendency
C2
token
C1
Translations

Temperament
temperamento
temperament
temperamento
tempérament
temperament
temperamento
caractère
Charakter

φυσική διάθεση

ιδιοσυγκρασία

indole
طبع
nature
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
temperament
In summary

Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum.

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