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Noun temperament has 3 senses
  1. disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
    --1 is a kind of nature
    --1 has parts: cheerfulness, cheer; uncheerfulness
    --1 has particulars:
     solitariness; aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitude; animalism, physicality; heart, spirit; nervousness; esprit de corps, morale, team spirit; moodiness; blood; perfectionism; permissiveness, tolerance; unpermissiveness; good nature; agreeableness, agreeability; ill nature; disagreeableness; willingness; unwillingness; friendliness; unsociability, unsociableness; unfriendliness; composure, calm, calmness, equanimity; discomposure; optimism; pessimism; epicurism; gourmandism
  2. temperament - excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
    --2 is a kind of     emotionality, emotionalism
  3. temperament - an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
    --3 is a kind of     adjustment, registration, readjustment
    --3 has particulars: equal temperament
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