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Meanings of four temperaments in English

Russian
четыре темперамента
Portuguese
teoria humoral
Spanish
humores
Catalan
quatre temperaments
Wikidata

Proto-psychological theory.

Related terms
четыре темперамента
Synonyms
Examples for "melancholic"
Examples for "melancholic"
1
My characters had to be like people I know: wonderful and melancholic.
Ebony
2
They remind me of childhood, and school days, and make me melancholic.
The Irish Times
3
From Omain's melancholic descriptions it sounded like a good place to live.
The Neutronium Alchemist
4
They were very different films but the melancholic, indulged posh-girl persona stuck.
The Guardian
5
I mind how I combated his melancholy, for he was most melancholic.
The Path of the King
Usage of four temperaments in English
1
The four temperaments, sanguine, phlegmatic, bilious and melancholic, corresponded with the prevalence of these humors.
The Evolution of Modern Medicine / A Series of Lectures Delivere...
2
The disease, to be respectable, must invariably be connected with one of the four temperaments, or the four elements, or the "humours of Hippocrates."
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volu...
3
The Belfast programme also includes Dvorak's symphonic poem The Golden Spinning Wheel and Nielsen's Four Temperaments Symphony.
The Irish Times