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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,
incarnation,
quiddity,
gist,
pith,
marrow,
core,
sap,
lifeblood,
backbone,
heart,
soul;
important part
etc.
(importance)
642.
principle,
nature,
constitution,
character,
type,
quality,
crasis†,
diathesis†.
habit;
temper,
temperament;
spirit,
humor,
grain;
disposition.
endowment,
capacity;
capability
etc.
(power)
157.
moods,
declensions,
features,
aspects;
peculiarities
etc.
(speciality)
79;
idiosyncrasy,
oddity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
diagnostics.
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Roget 176:
tendency;
aptness,
aptitude;
proneness,
proclivity,
bent,
turn,
tone,
bias,
set,
leaning to,
predisposition,
inclination,
propensity,
susceptibility;
conatus [Lat.],
nisus [Lat.];
liability
etc.
177;
quality,
nature,
temperament;
idiocrasy†,
idiosyncrasy;
cast,
vein,
grain;
humor,
mood;
drift
etc.
(direction)
278;
conduciveness,
conducement†;
applicability
etc.
(utility)
644;
subservience
etc.
(instrumentality)
631.
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Roget 413:
melody,
rhythm,
measure;
rhyme
etc.
(poetry)
597.
pitch,
timbre,
intonation,
tone.
scale,
gamut;
diapason;
diatonic chromatic scale†,
enharmonic scale†;
key,
clef,
chords.
modulation,
temperament,
syncope,
syncopation,
preparation,
suspension,
resolution.
staff,
stave,
line,
space,
brace;
bar,
rest;
appoggiato†,
appoggiatura†;
acciaccatura†.
note,
musical note,
notes of a scale;
sharp,
flat,
natural;
high note
etc.
(shrillness)
410;
low note
etc.
408;
interval;
semitone;
second,
third,
fourth
&c.;
diatessaron†.
breve,
semibreve [Mus.],
minim,
crotchet,
quaver;
semiquaver,
demisemiquaver,
hemidemisemiquaver;
sustained note,
drone,
burden.
tonic;
key note,
leading note,
fundamental note;
supertonic†,
mediant†,
dominant;
submediant†,
subdominant†;
octave,
tetrachord†;
major key,
minor key,
major scale,
minor scale,
major mode,
minor mode;
passage,
phrase.
concord,
harmony;
emmeleia†;
unison,
unisonance†;
chime,
homophony;
euphony,
euphonism†;
tonality;
consonance;
consent;
part.
[Science of harmony]
harmony,
harmonics;
thorough-bass,
fundamental-bass;
counterpoint;
faburden†.
piece of music
etc.
415 [Fr.];
composer,
harmonist†,
contrapuntist
(musician)
416.
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Roget 820:
affections,
affect;
character,
qualities,
disposition,
nature,
spirit,
tone;
temper,
temperament;
diathesis†,
idiosyncrasy;
cast of mind,
cast of soul,
habit of mind,
habit of soul,
frame of mind,
frame of soul;
predilection,
turn,
natural turn of mind;
bent,
bias,
predisposition,
proneness,
proclivity,
propensity,
propenseness†,
propension†,
propendency†;
vein,
humor,
mood,
grain,
mettle;
sympathy
etc.
(love)
897.
soul,
heart,
breast,
bosom,
inner man;
heart's core,
heart's strings,
heart's blood;
heart of hearts,
bottom of one's heart,
penetralia mentis [Lat.];
secret and inmost recesses of the heart,
cockles of one's heart;
inmost heart,
inmost soul;
backbone.
passion,
pervading spirit;
ruling passion,
master passion;
furore†;
fullness of the heart,
heyday of the blood,
flesh and blood,
flow of soul.
energy,
fervor,
fire,
force.
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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
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