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Another word for disposition

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Noun

  1. A person's customary manner of emotional response

      1. The manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting characteristic of a specific person:
      2. The distinguishing mental and physical characteristics of a human according to medieval physiology, resulting from dominance of one of the four humors.
      3. Excessive irritability or sensitiveness:
      1. To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate:
      2. To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by blending, admixing, or kneading:
      3. To harden or strengthen (metal or glass) by application of heat or by heating and cooling.
      1. The material world and its phenomena:
      2. The forces and processes that produce and control these phenomena:
      3. The world of living things and the outdoors:
      1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness:
      2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement:
      3. The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd:
      1. The natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face.
      2. General character, aspect, or appearance:
      3. A viewpoint, inclination, or attitude:
    See also:

    be

  2. The combination of emotional, intellectual, and moral qualities that distinguishes an individual

      1. The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person.
      2. The totality of behavioral traits that are peculiar to a specific nonhuman animal:
      3. The totality of qualities that distinguish a group, organization, or place:
      1. The material world and its phenomena:
      2. The forces and processes that produce and control these phenomena:
      3. The world of living things and the outdoors:
      1. The way in which something is composed or arranged; composition or construction.
      2. The arrangement or composition, as of type or illustrations, on a page or in a book.
      3. The qualities or temperament that constitute a personality; disposition:
      1. The natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face.
      2. General character, aspect, or appearance:
      3. A viewpoint, inclination, or attitude:
      1. The combination of mental characteristics and behavior that distinguishes a person or group.
      2. The distinguishing nature of something.
      3. Moral strength; integrity:
    See also:

    be

  3. An inclination to something

    See also:

    like

    approach

  4. A way or condition of being arranged

      1. A following of one thing after another; succession.
      2. An order of succession; an arrangement.
      3. A related or continuous series.
      1. The act of placing or arranging.
      2. The state of being placed or arranged.
      3. The finding of suitable accommodation or employment for applicants.
      1. The act or process of organizing:
      2. The state or manner of being organized:
      3. A manner of accomplishing something in an orderly or efficient way:
      1. A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.
      2. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved:
      3. Condition or state in general:
      1. An array or sequential display of persons or photographs of persons presented to a complainant or potential witness for the purpose of identifying a suspect in a crime.
      2. The members of a team chosen to start a game.
      3. A sequence of broadcasts or events for public entertainment:
      1. The act or an instance of laying out.
      2. An arrangement or plan, especially the schematic arrangement of parts or areas:
      3. The art or process of arranging printed or graphic matter on a page.
      1. The act or process of uniting into groups.
      2. A collection of people or things united into a group.
      1. The act or process of forming something or of taking form.
      2. Something formed:
      3. The manner or style in which something is formed; structure:
      1. The process of marketing and supplying goods, especially to retailers.
      2. The transmission of inherited property to its heirs after taxes, debts, and costs of the estate have been paid.
      3. Something distributed; an allotment:
      1. A particular order, distribution, or placement:
      2. A particular method of attending to or settling matters.
      3. Transference by gift or sale.
      1. Installing, setting up, testing and running. This military term, which means the placement of troops and equipment in the field, is widely used with computers as an alternate to the word "implementation." For example, "XYZ software deployment" is the same as saying "XYZ software implementation." To "deploy" something is to "get it installed and running."
      1. The act, process, or result of classifying.
      2. A category or class.
      3. The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary or structural relationships between them; taxonomy.
      1. A group of things arranged by category; a classification.
      2. The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.
      1. The act or process of arranging:
      2. The condition, manner, or result of being arranged; disposal:
      3. A collection of things that have been arranged:
    See also:

    order

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Another word for disposition

Noun

  1. Arrangement

      1. The act or process of settling:
      2. The settling or establishment of a person or a group of people, as in a new region or in a business.
      3. A newly colonized region.
      1. The process of marketing and supplying goods, especially to retailers.
      2. The transmission of inherited property to its heirs after taxes, debts, and costs of the estate have been paid.
      3. Something distributed; an allotment:
      1. The act of placing or arranging.
      2. The state of being placed or arranged.
      3. The finding of suitable accommodation or employment for applicants.
    See also:

    organization

    order

    disposal

  2. Temperament

      1. To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate:
      2. To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by blending, admixing, or kneading:
      3. To harden or strengthen (metal or glass) by application of heat or by heating and cooling.
      1. The material world and its phenomena:
      2. The forces and processes that produce and control these phenomena:
      3. The world of living things and the outdoors:
      1. The combination of mental characteristics and behavior that distinguishes a person or group.
      2. The distinguishing nature of something.
      3. Moral strength; integrity:
    See also:

    temperament

    temperament

    mood

    inclination

    character

Synonym Study

  • Personality is applied to the sum of physical, mental, and emotional qualities that distinguish one as a person an abrasive personality and, unqualified, suggests attractiveness or charm a girl with personality
  • Character is applied to the sum of moral qualities associated with an individual a weak character and, unqualified, suggests moral strength, self-discipline, etc. a man of character
  • Temper refers to one's basic emotional nature, esp. as regards relative quickness to anger a hot temper, an even temper
  • Temperament refers to the balance of traits that are manifested in one's behavior or thinking an artistic temperament
  • Disposition refers to the normal or prevailing aspect of one's nature a genial disposition
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Sentence Examples

  • He was a man of strong mind, honourable spirit and affectionate disposition, energetic both in speech and in writing.

  • All this, like the other parts of the disposition, was not and could not be executed.

  • This disposition on the left flank increased Pierre's doubt of his own capacity to understand military matters.

  • Yet, in spite of all, his jovial disposition and good-humoured cynicism saved him from unpopularity, and rendered his death an occasion of mourning.

  • He was also of a most humane disposition and a friend of Liberal institutions.

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