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n. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

nature

n. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"

nature

n. a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"

natural phenomenon

n. all phenomena that are not artificial

wild, natural state, state of nature

n. a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"

creation, world, universe, cosmos, macrocosm

n. everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

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honesty, honestness

n. the quality of being honest

constitution, composition, makeup

n. the way in which someone or something is composed

disposition

n. a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"

heart, nerve, mettle, spunk

n. the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

nature

n. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"

temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness

n. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

ethos

n. (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"

custom, impost, customs, customs duty

n. money collected under a tariff

temper, humor, humour, mood

n. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"

disposition, inclination, tendency

n. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

nature, wild, natural state, state of nature

n. a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"

humor, sense of humor, humour

n. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"

constitution, composition, makeup

n. the way in which someone or something is composed

fiber, fibre, character

n. the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer

disposition

n. a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"

heart, nerve, mettle, spunk

n. the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

nature

n. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

ethos

n. (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"

custom, impost, customs, customs duty

n. money collected under a tariff

n. (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity

nature, wild, natural state, state of nature

n. a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"

soul, soulfulness

n. deep feeling or emotion

life

n. the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"

man, humanity, world, humankind, mankind, human race

n. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"

air, open, outdoors, out-of-doors, open air

n. where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open"

wilderness, wild

n. a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

temper, humor, humour, mood

n. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"

disposition, inclination, tendency

n. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

nature

n. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

disposition, temperament

n. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

n. (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity

nature

n. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"

soul, soulfulness

n. deep feeling or emotion

galaxy, nebula

n. (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"

sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, welkin, celestial sphere, vault of heaven

n. the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

sky

n. the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

space

n. an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"

atmosphere

n. the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"

atmosphere

n. the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body

environment, environs, surroundings, surround

n. the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

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