English > disposition: 4 senses > noun 1, attribute| Meaning | Your usual / usual mood. |
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| Example | "he has a happy disposition" |
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| Synonym | temperament |
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| Attributes | unwilling | not disposed or inclined toward |
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| willing | disposed or inclined toward |
| Parts | cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine | The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom |
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| uncheerfulness | not conducive to cheer or good spirits |
| Narrower | agreeableness, agreeability | A temperamental disposition to be agreeable |
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| aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness | A disposition toward being alone |
| animalism, physicality | preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites |
| blood | temperament or disposition |
| bloodiness, bloodthirstiness | A disposition to shed blood |
| composure, calm, calmness, equanimity | steadiness of mind under stress |
| disagreeableness | An ill-tempered and offensive disposition |
| discomposure | A temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure |
| epicurism | The disposition and habits of an epicure |
| esprit de corps, morale, team spirit | The spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed |
| friendliness | A friendly disposition |
| good nature | A cheerful, obliging disposition |
| gourmandism | The disposition and habits of a gourmand |
| heart, spirit | An inclination or tendency of a certain kind |
| ill nature | A disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition |
| moodiness | Having temperamental and changeable moods |
| nervousness | A sensitive or highly strung temperament |
| optimism | A general disposition to expect the best in all things |
| perfectionism | A disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable |
| permissiveness, tolerance | A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior |
| pessimism | A general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things |
| unfriendliness | An unfriendly disposition |
| unpermissiveness, restrictiveness | A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits |
| unsociability, unsociableness | An unsociable disposition |
| unwillingness, involuntariness | The trait of being unwilling |
| willingness | cheerful compliance |
| Broader | nature | The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions |
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| Spanish | carácter, disposición, manera de ser, talante, temperamento |
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| Catalan | caràcter, disposició, manera de ser, tarannà, temperament |
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English > disposition: 4 senses > noun 3, cognition| Meaning | An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others. |
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| Synonyms | inclination, tendency |
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| Narrower | Call | A special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course |
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| bent, set | A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way |
| denominationalism | The tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations |
| devices | An inclination or desire / desire |
| direction | A general course along which something has a tendency to develop |
| disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval | An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group |
| drift, trend, movement | A general tendency to change (as of opinion) |
| favor, favour | An inclination to approve / approve |
| favoritism, favouritism | An inclination to favor some person or group |
| impartiality, nonpartisanship | An inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally |
| literalism | A disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense |
| partiality, partisanship | An inclination to favor / favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives |
| perseveration | The tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it |
| predisposition | An inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way |
| proclivity, propensity, leaning | A natural inclination |
| sympathy, understanding | An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion |
| Broader | attitude, mental attitude | A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways / ways |
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| Spanish | inclinación, predisposición, propensión, tendencia |
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| Catalan | inclinació, tendència |
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| Verbs | dispose | make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief |
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