different temperament

collocation in English

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different
adjective
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/ˈdɪf.ər.ənt/us
/ˈdɪf.ɚ.ənt/
not ...
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temperament
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈtem.pər.ə.mənt/us
/ˈtem.pɚ.ə.mənt/
the part of your character that affects your moods and the way ...
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(Definition ofdifferentandtemperamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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More generally, individuals withdifferenttemperamentconfigurations may try to optimize their character development and to minimize their risk of psychopathology by following different pathways.
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Scotland is a different country, with different circumstances anddifferenttemperament.
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I should have thought that most of us would benefit by contact with persons of very different brains and ability, ofdifferenttemperament.
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Above all, it would recognise the different contributions made bydifferenttemperamenttypes and different natural gifts.
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They have, however, a ratherdifferenttemperament, and if we have any relationship with the animal kingdom this should be blindingly obvious.
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One sees many different temperaments of a journey like this.
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The cases are rather differently styled, partly reflecting the different national realities and partly the different temperaments and inclinations of the authors.
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First, evocative child-context effects result from the differential responsivity of social environments to children of different temperaments and personalities.
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As a result of these influences, children with different temperaments will be exposed to different types of information, leading to different content within their developing representations.
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This in turn suggests that because individuals with different temperaments attend to different types of information, they will tend to selectively store different information.
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Dienstbier (1984) has proposed that different temperaments might lead to different emotion-attributional styles and levels of guilt.
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Then again, different areas have totally different temperaments.
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I suppose that we act according to our different temperaments.
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Other nations have different backgrounds and, to some small degree, people have different temperaments.
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There are sometimes different angles, sometimes different temperaments and sometimes new facts which somebody has brought up which we had not thought of.
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For eight years we differed as men of such different temperaments must necessarily differ, but we never had a personal quarrel.
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Consequently, it is unrealistic to believe that some divorce formula can meet all the needs of men and women, of different temperaments, attributes and background.
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Different patients have different temperaments, and naturally their reactions vary, and on occasions some of them are embarrassed.
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I cannot look upon marriage as a thing to be arranged to suit different people with different temperaments.
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We cannot overwhelm ourselves with the large numbers of people who, however worthy, are alien, have alien cultures, different temperaments, totally difference backgrounds and habits and different ways of life.
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