Temperament is the way you tend to behave or the types of emotions you tend to exhibit.
(noun)When a person is calm and collected and doesn't tend to get mad easily, this is an example of a person with a calm temperament.
See temperament in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < L temperamentum, proper mixing < temperare: see temper
See temperament in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Latin temperāmentum
Origin: , from temperāre, to temper; see temper
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