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artistic temperament

artistic temperament noun: a disposition towards obsession and extremes of emotion, especially depression and anger.

Noun

artistic temperament (plural artistic temperaments)

  1. (euphemistic) A disposition towards obsession and extremes of emotion, especially depression and anger.
    • The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. It is a disease which arises from men not having sufficient power of expression to utter and get rid of the element of art in their being.1899, G. K. Chesterton, “On the Wit of Whistler”, in Heretics

Forms of artistic temperament

pluralartistic temperaments

Questions about artistic temperament

What does artistic temperament mean?
Artistic temperament means a disposition towards obsession and extremes of emotion, especially depression and anger.
What part of speech is artistic temperament?
Artistic temperament is a noun.
What is the plural of artistic temperament?
The plural of artistic temperament is artistic temperaments.

Words near artistic temperament in the dictionary

  1. artistic
  2. artistic gymnastics
  3. artistic licence
  4. artistic license
  5. artistic swimming
  6. artistic temperament
  7. artistic temperaments
  8. artistical
  9. artistically
  10. artisticness
  11. artistics

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