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temperament

noun

1 temperament

Your usual mood.

synonym: disposition.

Roget 5: intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion; subjectiveness; ego; egohood; essence, noumenon; essentialness etc. adj.; essential part, quintessence, ... show more

Roget 176: tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, ... show more

Roget 413: melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme etc. (poetry) 597.    pitch, timbre, intonation, tone.    scale, gamut; ... show more

Roget 820: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, ... show more

Dutch: dispositie, gedragspatroon
Polish: temperament

2 temperament

Excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly).

3 temperament

An adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys.

Dutch: temperament


Moby thesaurus: animus, aptitude, bent, bias, body-build, brand, cast, character, characteristic, characteristics, chromatic scale, compass, complexion, composition, constituents, constitution, crasis, dharma, diapason, diathesis ... show more.

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