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artistic temperaments

artistic temperaments is the plural of artistic temperament.

Meaning of artistic temperament

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

Questions about artistic temperaments

What is artistic temperaments the plural of?
Artistic temperaments is the plural of artistic temperament.

Words near artistic temperaments in the dictionary

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

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