dispositional
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a natural and characteristic mental or emotional outlook or mood.
These results provide a framework for understanding the mechanisms that underlie chronic worry and dispositional anxiety.
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of or relating to a natural tendency, whether of a person or a thing, toward a particular condition or action.
She shows a dispositional preference for order and predictability.
Two classic examples of the dispositional properties of objects are that vases are fragile and sugar cubes are soluble.
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of or relating to the final settlement of a matter.
The judge in this case has a wide range of dispositional options available to fulfill the rehabilitative goals of the Code of Juvenile Justice.
Etymology
Origin of dispositional
Example Sentences
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Eaton is due in court in Bath on June 28 for a dispositional conference.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
I think about an article from the publication Trends in Cognitive Sciences I read that suggested dispositional optimism is at least partly inherited – to some degree, you either have it or you don’t.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2019
At the time, theological works were written in an obtuse dispositional style of Latin in which more was better.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2017
“IVF clinics and individuals who participate in the IVF process must have some certainty about dispositional choices before embryos are created,” the judge wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2015
Just as soon as people realize the physical nature of certain dispositional changes they give much less depressive significance to them.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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