Definition of temperaments Temperaments

/tɛˈmpɹʌmʌnts/ - [temprumunts] -

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What does temperaments mean?

Wiktionary

temperaments (Noun)
Plural of temperament.

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temperaments, noun, plural of temperament.

WordNet

Noun Plural: temperaments
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 again (to changed circumstances)
temperament - excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
		emotionalism, emotionality emotional nature or quality
temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
		disposition
		nature the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
		aloneness, lonesomeness, solitariness, loneliness a disposition toward being alone
		physicality, animalism preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
		bloodthirstiness, bloodiness a disposition to shed blood
		spirit, heart a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
		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"
		cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine a cry or shout of approval
		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
		composure, equanimity, calm, calmness 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

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Wiktionary

temperament (Noun)
A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
temperament (Noun)
Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
temperament (Noun)
A person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
temperament (Noun)
A tendency to become irritable or angry.
temperament (Noun)
The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

temperament (v. t.)
Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.
temperament (v. t.)
Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions.
temperament (v. t.)
The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected.
temperament (v. t.)
Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
temperament (v. t.)
A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale, C/ becoming identical with D/, and so on.
temperament (v. t.)
The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

temperament
tem′pėr-a-ment, n. state with respect to the predominance of any quality: internal constitution or state: disposition, one of the peculiarities of physical and mental organisation which to a certain extent influence our thoughts and actions—choleric or bilious, lymphatic, nervous, sanguine: the adjustment of imperfect concords, so that the difference between two contiguous sounds is reduced to a minimum and the two appear identical—a system of compromise in the tuning of keyed instruments.—adj. Temperamen′tal.—adv. Temperamen′tally. [L. temperamentum—temperāre.]