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temperament.

A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/UK/ˈtɛm.pɹə.mənt/UK/ˈtɛm.pə.mənt/UK/ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/US
  1. A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A tendency to become irritable or angry.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  6. Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum.

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