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Noun temperament has 3 senses
- disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
--1 is a kind of nature
--1 has parts: cheerfulness, cheer; uncheerfulness
--1 has particulars: | | solitariness; aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitude; animalism, physicality; heart, spirit; nervousness; esprit de corps, morale, team spirit; moodiness; blood; perfectionism; permissiveness, tolerance; unpermissiveness; good nature; agreeableness, agreeability; ill nature; disagreeableness; willingness; unwillingness; friendliness; unsociability, unsociableness; unfriendliness; composure, calm, calmness, equanimity; discomposure; optimism; pessimism; epicurism; gourmandism |
- temperament - excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
--2 is a kind of emotionality, emotionalism
- temperament - an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
--3 is a kind of adjustment, registration, readjustment
--3 has particulars: equal temperament
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