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temperament

[tem-per-uh-muhnt, -pruh-muhnt, -per-muhnt] / ˈtɛm pər ə mənt, -prə mənt, -pər mənt /


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For Spencer, who admits to having a fiery temperament on the field, it was not just opponents on the wrong end of his aggression.

From BBC

For the past few months, he has been learning the violin’s temperament.

From Los Angeles Times

“As long as I’ve known him, he is by temperament a very cautious man,” the judge said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Partisanship was in many ways alien to Cowley’s probing and genially learned critical temperament, which Mr. Howard describes as “Emersonian, humanistic, exploratory.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"Haters will question his temperament but real ones know the Argentinian World Cup winner is in control," Speechly said.

From BBC