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one's characteristic attitude or mood
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Recent Examples of temperament
Drizella’s fiery temperament and determination to always get her way fit the bold nature of Aries perfectly.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Researching Personal Health For some researchers, there’s more to finding a simple correlation between food preference and temperament.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Medieval scholars – all men – defined women’s temperament in negative terms: Women were libidinous, frivolous, unfaithful, capricious, unpredictable and easily tempted.
—Joelle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
In his second term, there will be far less confidence among Washington’s secret partners if Trump insists on installing unqualified people without the measured temperament, experience, and good judgment required of intelligence professionals.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Researching Personal Health For some researchers, there’s more to finding a simple correlation between food preference and temperament.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Medieval scholars – all men – defined women’s temperament in negative terms: Women were libidinous, frivolous, unfaithful, capricious, unpredictable and easily tempted.
—Joelle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
In his second term, there will be far less confidence among Washington’s secret partners if Trump insists on installing unqualified people without the measured temperament, experience, and good judgment required of intelligence professionals.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for temperament
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperament
Noun
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Knight’s reputation for having a hot temper was well-established by then, and Feinstein brought it to life.—
Gqlshare,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2025
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Keep doing the right things and customers, keep your tempers at bay.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Even the departure of Julian Alvarez to Atletico Madrid did little to dim sunny dispositions in the blue half of Manchester, not least as his sale brought in world football’s biggest fee of the window — £64m ($83m), potentially rising to £81m.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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Per the Association bylaws, there are limitations on the board’s powers in the acquisition of real property or for the sale, mortgage or other disposition of any real property.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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How an Overly Sunny Demeanor Could Affect You Of course, if your exclusively positive attitude is rubbing others the wrong way, that doesn’t bode well for your relationships.—
Cathy Cassata,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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But the attitude of our coaches was, ‘Again, again — next goal, next goal’.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Temperament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperament. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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