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  • noun Plural form of disposition.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disposition.

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Examples

  • In summary, dispositions is a code word for liberal ideology in college's education schools.

    Dispositions: The Political Litmus Test for Ed Schools Matt Johnston 2007

  • You were attached to each other from your earliest infancy; you studied together, and appeared, in dispositions and tastes, entirely suited to one another.

    Chapter 1 2010

  • You were attached to each other from your earliest infancy; you studied together, and appeared, in dispositions and tastes, entirely suited to one another.

    Chapter 18 2010

  • In regard to the moral qualities, some elimination of the worst dispositions is always in progress even in the most civilised nations.

    Cue outrage in three, two, one… 2007

  • In regard to the moral qualities, some elimination of the worst dispositions is always in progress even in the most civilised nations.

    Cue outrage in three, two, one… 2007

  • We can therefore consider it as a matter of course that also such an elementary function of the cell as the transmission of hereditary dispositions is similar, that, in other words, Nature uses the same mechanism with man as with other beings to preserve species, and that Mendel's and Morgan's rules thus are applicable also to man.

    Physiology or Medicine 1933 - Presentation Speech 1934

  • Lockean inversion was that of color qualia with respect to behavioral dispositions, which is regarded as possible by everyone except behaviorists and Wittgensteinians.

    Representational Theories of Consciousness Lycan, William 2006

  • The greater nobility were undervalued; the ancient baronage saw inferior families take precedency over them; nobility lost its respect, and a parity in conversation was introduced which in English dispositions begot contempt; the king could not employ them all; some grew envious, some factious, some ingrateful, however obliged, by being once denied. "

    Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Isaac Disraeli 1807

  • In fact, of course, the dispositions were the responsibility of the First Sea Lord and the Chief of Staff, while the faulty tactics were the fault of the admiral and captains on the scene.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • “Testament” or “Will,” because fathers make testaments or wills without the consent of their children, and these are called dispositions of estates.

    The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 Various

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