Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to disposition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to disposition.
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or arising from
disposition (in any sense)
Etymologies
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Examples
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(Philosophers sometimes use the term dispositional to refer to beliefs that are implicit in the present sense ” but this invites confusion with the occurrent-dispositional distinction discussed above
Belief Schwitzgebel, Eric 2006
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Kripke's argument is best approached by first considering what is often called a dispositional theory of linguistic meaning.
Physicalism Stoljar, Daniel 2009
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This image reflects a "dispositional" diagnosis of our problems, as social psychologists would call it: Our problem is the weak (lacking in will) disposition of people.
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Lewis's own temperament leads him to want to vindicate moral discourse, and he thinks that this can be done by supporting a kind of dispositional theory of value.
Moral Anti-Realism Joyce, Richard 2007
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We also fall prey to the fundamental attribution error, where we overvalue "dispositional" elements "She's bad at money" and undervalue
NYT > Home Page By RAMIT SETHI 2010
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The study looked at the personality traits, such as dispositional optimism and mastery, of 214 cancer patients who were undergoing chemotherapy, to see how they affect the patients 'ability to manage the severity of their cancer fatigue and pain.
NaturalNews.com 2009
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As Bisconti and her colleagues pointed out in an article in 2007, dispositional resilience not only helps people rebuild but also creates an upward spiral effect by attracting friends and family members to their side, who in turn provide more social support.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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She surveyed fifty-five widows one month after the death of their spouse and found that those who felt the lowest amount of stress possessed a personality trait called “dispositional resilience,” which was defined by three components: they remained connected to other people, rather than isolated; they felt that their grief was manageable and under control; and they embraced and learned from new experiences, rather than avoiding or feeling threatened by them.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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As Bisconti and her colleagues pointed out in an article in 2007, dispositional resilience not only helps people rebuild but also creates an upward spiral effect by attracting friends and family members to their side, who in turn provide more social support.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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She surveyed fifty-five widows one month after the death of their spouse and found that those who felt the lowest amount of stress possessed a personality trait called “dispositional resilience,” which was defined by three components: they remained connected to other people, rather than isolated; they felt that their grief was manageable and under control; and they embraced and learned from new experiences, rather than avoiding or feeling threatened by them.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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