disposition
Noun
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Your usual mood (synset 104630969)
"he has a happy disposition"is a type of: nature - the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactionssubtypes:
- aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness - a disposition toward being alone
- animalism, physicality - preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
- bloodiness, bloodthirstiness - a disposition to shed blood
- heart, spirit - an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- nervousness - a sensitive or highly strung temperament
- esprit de corps, morale, team spirit - the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
- moodiness - having temperamental and changeable moods
- blood - temperament or disposition
- perfectionism - a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable
- permissiveness, tolerance - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
- restrictiveness, unpermissiveness - a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
- good nature - a cheerful, obliging disposition
- agreeability, agreeableness - a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
- ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
- disagreeableness - an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
- willingness - cheerful compliance
- involuntariness, unwillingness - the trait of being unwilling
- friendliness - a friendly disposition
- unsociability, unsociableness - an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship
- unfriendliness - an unfriendly disposition
- calm, calmness, composure, equanimity - steadiness of mind under stress
- discomposure - a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure
- optimism - a general disposition to expect the best in all things
- pessimism - a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
- epicurism - the disposition and habits of an epicure
- gourmandism - the disposition and habits of a gourmand
has:- cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine - the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
- uncheerfulness - not conducive to cheer or good spirits
same as: temperament -
The act or means of getting rid of something (synset 100044347)
subtypes:
- appointment - (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment
- comb-out - the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people
- giving - disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return
- abandonment - the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
- mine disposal - the disposal of explosive mines
- sewage disposal - the disposal of sewage
- lending, loaning - disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
same as: disposal -
An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others (synset 106206319)
"he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"is a type of: attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain wayssubtypes:
- direction - a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
- drift, movement, trend - a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- call - a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
- denominationalism - the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations
- devices - an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'
- sympathy, understanding - an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- favoritism, favouritism - an inclination to favor some person or group
- leaning, proclivity, propensity - a natural inclination
- bent, set - a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- literalism - a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense
- 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
- favor, favour - an inclination to approve
- disapproval, disfavor, disfavour, dislike - an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
- partiality, partisanship - an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
- impartiality, nonpartisanship - an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
same as: inclination, tendency -
A natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing (synset 104950046)
"a swelling with a disposition to rupture"is a type of: property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a classsubtypes:
- aptness, propensity - a disposition to behave in a certain way
- mordacity - a disposition to biting
- predisposition - a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
- proneness - being disposed to do something
- separatism - a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists
- inclination, tendency - a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
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