Antonyms for dispositions


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-puh-zish-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs pəˈzɪʃ ən


Definition of dispositions

Origin :
  • late 14c., "ordering, management," also "tendency of mind," from Old French disposicion (12c.) "arrangement, order; mood, state of mind," from Latin dispositionem (nominative dispositio) "arrangement, management," noun of action from past participle stem of disponere "to put in order, arrange" (see dispose). References to "temperament" (late 14c. in English) are from astrological use of the word for "position of a planet as a determining influence."
  • noun personal temperament
  • noun arrangement, management of a situation
Example sentences :
  • He was thinking, quite properly, of ways and means and dispositions.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Clearly he considered that she was responsible for their dispositions.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Some little talk as to the rebels' numbers and dispositions might have saved you.'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • And, lastly, the dispositions and voices of the birds may vary.
  • Extract from : « The Perpetuation Of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission And Variation » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • And she had the most equable of dispositions, her laughter ever rang out so heartily!
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Well, gentlemen, such were and such still are my dispositions.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
  • Then if the constitutions of States are five, the dispositions of individual minds will also be five?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • As you say, it does not feel itself able to interfere with his dispositions.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Thus, with all his dispositions made, Cyrus rode round the head of his right.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • And yet their dispositions were not at all alike: she seemed to hint as much.
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for dispositions

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