Disposition
Disposition noun - One's characteristic attitude or mood.
Usage example: he has a cheerful disposition and is very rarely depressed
Spirit is a synonym for disposition in mental condition topic. In some cases you can use "Spirit" instead a noun "Disposition", when it comes to topics like mood, temperament, character, personal temperament.
Spirit
Spirit noun - A state of mind dominated by a particular emotion.
Usage example: had been in a combative spirit all week
Disposition is a synonym for spirit in mood topic. You can use "Disposition" instead a noun "Spirit", if it concerns topics such as temperament, soul, attitude, mental condition.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- feeling and disposition
- feeling and spirit
- outlook and disposition
- outlook and spirit
- attitude and disposition
- attitude and spirit
- mood and disposition
- mood and spirit
- frame of mind and disposition
- frame of mind and spirit
- temper and disposition
- temper and spirit
- tenor and disposition
- tenor and spirit
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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A Blithe Spirit character who undergoes various hardships, losing almost everything they hold dear, and yet seems never to lose their sunny disposition.
Source: The Pollyanna - The Pollyanna: Matsuko manages to preserve her starry-eyed disposition and soldier on through an admirable amount of crap before her spirit breaks for good.
Source: Film / Memories of Matsuko - Of course, it helps his disposition that some adults his own age (Gorim, Frandlin Ivo and especially Trian) are true of spirit as well.
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