as in dispositions
one's characteristic attitude or mood
looking for a dog with a sweet temperament
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Recent Examples of temperaments
This year, the most piquant examples of the mad mother arrived in dramas of various hues and temperaments.
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
The two men’s temperaments are very different.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Some dogs naturally bring a soothing presence, helping households feel more grounded through their gentle temperaments, slow rhythms, and steady companionship.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
But taken together, the movies demonstrate Linklater’s interest in probing creative temperaments, including his own.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
The two men have bad hair and unpredictable temperaments, but beyond that the similarities dissipate quickly.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
The two men’s temperaments are very different.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Some dogs naturally bring a soothing presence, helping households feel more grounded through their gentle temperaments, slow rhythms, and steady companionship.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
But taken together, the movies demonstrate Linklater’s interest in probing creative temperaments, including his own.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
The two men have bad hair and unpredictable temperaments, but beyond that the similarities dissipate quickly.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperaments
Noun
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The Celtics pounded the paint with Neemias Queta and Luka Garza, a pair of bruising bigs who also can force the issue from 3-point range despite their lumbering dispositions.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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What unites these diverse examples is that skills are not traits or dispositions but learnable forms of know-how, visible in consistent performance and increasingly efficient execution over time.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Even for those spared personal catastrophe, the broader atmosphere has been wearying; institutions strained, norms eroded, tempers short.—
Phillip Halpern,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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There was a febrile atmosphere in Caracas that winter, with long lines of cars waiting for gas snarling city streets and raising tempers, while the constant prospect of violence hung over the daily demonstrations.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Sarkozy’s prison sentence may also reflect a toughening of French attitudes toward corruption, which were once relatively lax.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2026
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This past November, the Pew Research Center published some really interesting data about American attitudes towards aging.—
Maggie McGrath,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Temperaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperaments. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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