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Temperament

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Adjustment 76% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Emotionalism 76% connected

The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

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Nature 76% connected

The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.

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Readjustment 76% connected

A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.

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Registration 76% connected

The act of registering; registry; enrollment.

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Narrower term 28

Agreeability 76% connected

Easiness of disposition.

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Agreeableness 76% connected

The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.

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Aloneness 76% connected

A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness.

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Animalism 76% connected

The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.

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Blood 76% connected

The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste produc…

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Bloodiness 76% connected

The state of being bloody.

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Calm 76% connected

Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility;…

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Calmness 76% connected

The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.

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Composure 76% connected

The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.

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Disagreeableness 76% connected

The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.

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Discomposure 76% connected

The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

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Epicurism 76% connected

The doctrines of Epicurus.

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Equanimity 76% connected

Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortune…

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Friendliness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being friendly.

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Heart 76% connected

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Involuntariness 76% connected

The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.

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Loneliness 76% connected

The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.

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Moodiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being moody; specifically, liability to strange or violent moods.

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Morale 76% connected

The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit,…

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Nervousness 76% connected

State or quality of being nervous.

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Optimism 76% connected

The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is…

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Perfectionism 76% connected

The doctrine of the Perfectionists.

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Pessimism 76% connected

The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to optimism.

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Solitariness 76% connected

Condition of being solitary.

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Spirit 76% connected

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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Tolerance 76% connected

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

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Unsociability 76% connected

The quality or state of being unsociable; unsociableness.

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Willingness 76% connected

The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.

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Temperamental 74% connected

Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.

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Temperamental 74% connected

Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.

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Component part 4

Cheer 70% connected

The face; the countenance or its expression.

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Cheerfulness 70% connected

Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

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Sunniness 70% connected

The quality or state of being sunny.

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Sunshine 70% connected

The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.

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Attribute 4

Unwilling 66% connected

Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

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Unwilling 66% connected

Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

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Synonym 1

Disposition 92% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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