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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2009personality and temperament
Could anyone please explain what the differences between personality and temperament are? Thanks in advance. moongeegee skrev: > Could anyone please explain what the differences between personality > and temperament are? "Personality" involves a lot more than just temperament. Temperament describes how you would react under certain conditions, while personality describes your intelligence, your way with people, your carisma, your learning and experience, your empathy (or lack thereof) and so on.  SignatureBertel, Denmark > Could anyone please explain what the differences between personality > and temperament are? > Thanks in advance. Temperament is disposition. Personality is character. The former is probably innate. -- VB > Could anyone please explain what the differences between personality > and temperament are? One of the differences is that "temperament" has a long history (continuous with the Roman/mediaeval concept of balanced "humours" in a person) but "personality" was a 20th century coinage, after psychology had won recognition as a new science. We should expect at least some writers use the two terms today as synonymous while others do not. SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Don Phillipson skrev: > One of the differences is that "temperament" has a long history > (continuous with the Roman/mediaeval concept of balanced > "humours" in a person) Someone set up four types of personality thinking that everyone would fit in one of these categories. They were flegmatic, choleric, melancholy and sanguine The three first words are still in use meaning: flegmatic = calm even in crisis choleric = quicktempered or hot-tempered melancholy (a common word) Only "sanguine" for some reason has not been in common use. sanguine = fiery, in high spirit, optimistic SignatureBertel, Denmark >Don Phillipson skrev: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > sanguine = fiery, in high spirit, optimistic "Sanguine" is still sometimes used with the "optimistic" sense. Cambridge Dictionary of American English http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=sanguine*1+0&dict=A sanguine adjective (of someone or their character) positive and hopeful "Some people expect the economy to continue to improve, but others are less sanguine." Compact Oxford English Dictionary http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/sanguine?view=uk sanguine adjective 1 cheerfully optimistic. 2 (in medieval medicine) having a predominance of blood among the bodily humours, supposedly marked by a ruddy complexion and an optimistic disposition. ORIGIN Old French, blood red, from Latin sanguis blood. Using the Google News search option finds many totally-current results for "sanguine". Investors sanguine on prospects for economy Fund Strategy - Jul 20, 2009 Some 8% of investors expect the markets to improve over the next six months, according to a report carried out by the Investment Management Association ... You can't be liked by everyone, Beckham says after crowd jeers Earthtimes (press release) - Jul 20, 2009 The 34-year-old superstar seemed a lot less sanguine during the game, however, when a large section of the crown jeered every time he touched the ball. ... Rebel Football Fans Sanguine for '09 -- Packed House on Hand to ... American Chronicle - Ben Jones - 13 hours ago Visiting the Rebel Club of Memphis before his second year as Ole Miss football coach, Houston Nutt remembered an inquiry from fans who had just ... etc. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > Don Phillipson skrev: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > sanguine = fiery, in high spirit, optimistic However the new thinking seems to go for the Big Five traits Extraversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Neuroticism Openness John Kane filted: >However the new thinking seems to go for the Big Five traits >Extraversion > Agreeableness > Conscientiousness > Neuroticism > Openness All of which are about as useful in understanding individual personalities as Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, et al....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? |
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