Particular temperaments are determined by the combinatorial possibilities of imbalanced elemental qualities (Galen enumerates eight in de Temperamentis), but the most famous are those associated with the dominance of a single humor: sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric, or melancholic.
"These worlds are very specific and they attract people with particular temperaments".
The particular qualities of temperament that Mr. Missé and Ms. Centurión bring to this idiom are ones of sparkling ebullience.
Mr. Obama's advisers have been studying in particular Mr. McCain's temperament and mood and looking for potential flash points of anger.
Diathesis refers to the latent weakness or vulnerability that that a child or adult may carry (e.g., difficult temperament, particular gene), but which does not manifest itself, thereby undermining well-being, unless the individual is exposed to conditions of risk or stress.
Indeed, her autobiography is a reminder that, for some children of particular talents and temperaments, challenging work is the outlet they need.
It's perhaps significant that both Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe have suggested that Murray has the singularity of temperament in particular to go all the way.
They also explore questions of moral psychology, in particular the interplay between temperament and free will.
