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temperament
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tem·per·a·ment  (tmpr-mnt, tmpr--)
n.
1.
a. The manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting characteristic of a specific person: a nervous temperament. See Synonyms at disposition.
b. The distinguishing mental and physical characteristics of a human according to medieval physiology, resulting from dominance of one of the four humors.
2. Excessive irritability or sensitiveness: an actor with too much temperament.
3. Music Equal temperament.

[Middle English, from Latin tempermentum, from temperre, to temper; see temper.]

temperament
Noun
a person's character or disposition [Latin temperamentum a mixing]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.temperamenttemperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
aloneness, lonesomeness, solitariness, loneliness - a disposition toward being alone
nature - the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
physicality, animalism - preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
bloodthirstiness, bloodiness - a disposition to shed blood
heart, spirit - an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"
nervousness - a sensitive or highly strung temperament
esprit de corps, team spirit, morale - the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
moodiness - having temperamental and changeable moods
blood - temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood"
cheerfulness, sunniness, cheer, sunshine - the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
uncheerfulness - not conducive to cheer or good spirits
perfectionism - a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable; "his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students"
permissiveness, tolerance - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
unpermissiveness, restrictiveness - a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
good nature - a cheerful, obliging disposition
agreeability, agreeableness - a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
disagreeableness - an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
willingness - cheerful compliance; "he expressed his willingness to help"
involuntariness, unwillingness - the trait of being unwilling; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"
friendliness - a friendly disposition
unsociability, unsociableness - an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship
unfriendliness - an unfriendly disposition
calm, calmness, composure, equanimity - steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"
discomposure - a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure
optimism - a general disposition to expect the best in all things
pessimism - a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
epicurism - the disposition and habits of an epicure
gourmandism - the disposition and habits of a gourmand
2.temperament - excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
emotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or quality
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
readjustment, adjustment, registration - the act of adjusting something to match a standard
equal temperament - the division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones; "equal temperament is the system commonly used in keyboard instruments"

temperament
Translations

temperament [ˈtɛmprəmənt] n (= nature) → temperamento
temperament [ˈtɛmprəmənt] n (= nature) → tempérament m
temperament [ˈtɛmprəmənt] nTemperament nt
temperament [ˈtɛmprəmənt] ntemperamento

temperament
n temperament [ˈtempərəmənt]
a person's natural way of thinking, behaving etc She has a sweet/nervous temperament. temperament مِزاج، طَبْع нрав povaha temperament; natur das Temperament ψυχοσύνθεση, ιδιοσυγκρασία, ταμπεραμέντο temperamento temperament طبع luonne tempérament מֶזֶג स्वभाव temperament, ćud vérmérséklet perangai lunderni, skapgerð temperamento 気質 기질 temperamentas, būdas temperaments pembawaan temperament temperament, lynne usposobienie temperamento tempera­ment нрав; темперамент povaha temperament temperament temperament อารมณ์ huy, yaradılış 氣質 темперамент مزاج، سرشت khí chất, tính khí
adj ˌtemperaˈmental [-ˈmen-]
emotional; excitable; showing quick changes of mood. temperamenteel مِزاجي، ذو نَزَوات темпераментен náladový temperamentsfuld launisch ευερέθιστος, άστατος, κυκλοθυμικός temperamental; caprichoso; de cambios de humor bruscos temperamentne دمدمی temperamentikas capricieux, fantasque הֲפַכפַּך भावुक स्वभाव वाला temperamentan, strastven temperamentumos emosional mislyndur, viðkvæmur capriccioso, instabile 気まぐれな 기질의, 흥분하기 쉬운 temperamentingas temperamentīgs ada angin temperamentvol oppfarende, humørsyk ulegający nastrojom temperamental capricios; schimbător темпераментный náladový temperamenten temperamentan temperamentsfull ที่มีอารมณ์แปรปรวน değişken mizaçlı, dakikası dakikasına uymayan 易激動的 темпераментний جذباتي thất thường
adv ˌtemperaˈmentally [-ˈmen-]
1 by or according to one's temperament She is temperamentally unsuited to this job. temperamenteel مِزاجِيّا، من ناحِيَة المِزاج според нрава svou přirozeností af natur veranlagungsmäßig λόγω ιδιοσυγκρασίας por temperamento/naturaleza loomult از نظر خلق و خو luonteeltaan par nature מִבְּחִינַת הַמֶזֶג स्वभावत: u pogledu temperamenta alkatilag secara emosional skapgerðarlega per temperamento 気質的に 기질적으로 pagal temperamentą temperamenta ziņā krn pembawaannya van nature av natur/temperament z uwagi na swoje usposobienie por temperamento din fire по темпераменту svojou povahou po naravi temperamentno till temperamentet, av naturen ตามการแสดงออกทางอารมณ์ของคน ๆ หนึ่ง huy/yaradılış açısından 敏感地 за темпераментом مزاجاً thất thường
2 excitably She behaved very temperamentally yesterday. temperamenteel بصورَةٍ إنْفِعالِيَّه възбудено popudlivě, vznětlivě opfarende; temperamentsfuldt launisch με καπρίτσια, άστατα de manera temperamental; de modo caprichoso temperamentselt با تند خویی temperamentikkaasti capricieusement בְּמַצבֵי רוּחַ उत्तेजित हो कर razdražljivo hevesen mudah tersinggung á duttlungafullan hátt capricciosamente 興奮して 신경질적으로 audringai, karštai dedzīgi; strauji sgt beremosi grillig oppfarende, temperamentsfullt gwałtownie de maneira instável capricios неуравновешенно náladovo, prchko temperamentno temperimentalno temperamentsfullt ซึ่งตื่นเต้นได้ง่าย kolay heyecanlanan 易激動地 темпераментно جذباتيت کے ساتھ không bình tĩnh


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