temperament

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tem·pera·ment [temperament temperaments] BrE [ˈtemprəmənt] NAmE [ˈtemprəmənt] noun
1. countable, uncountable a person's or an animal's nature as shown in the way they behave or react to situations or people
•to have an artistic temperament
•a horse with an excellent temperament
•She's a dreamer and a romantic by temperament.
•To become a champion, you have to have the right temperament.
2. uncountable the tendency to get emotional and excited very easily and behave in an unreasonable way
•an actor given to displays of temperament

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin temperamentum ‘correct mixture’, from temperare ‘mingle’. In early use the word was synonymous with the noun ↑temper.

Example Bank:
•He's given to displays of temperament.
•She was fiery by temperament.
•a man of an equable temperament
•He has to be very diplomatic dealing with such volatile temperaments.
•The islanders were generally of a benevolent temperament.