different between pleasantness vs temperance
pleasantness
English
Etymology
pleasant +? -ness
Noun
pleasantness (usually uncountable, plural pleasantnesses)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being pleasant.
- 1929, Robert Mackintosh, Values, a Bird's Eye Survey (page 40)
- If this is sound, the pleasantness of pleasure can no longer be our guide; the higherness of the higher pleasure must have the decisive word — hedonism has committed suicide.
- 1929, Robert Mackintosh, Values, a Bird's Eye Survey (page 40)
- (countable) Something pleasant.
Synonyms
- (pleasant demeanor): agreeableness, amiability, douceur, sweetness
Antonyms
- unpleasantness
Translations
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temperance
English
Alternative forms
- temperaunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman temperance, from Latin temperantia (“moderation, sobriety, discretion, self-control”), from temperans, present participle of temperare (“to moderate”). See temper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?mp???ns/
- Hyphenation: tem?per?ance
Noun
temperance (countable and uncountable, plural temperances)
- Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence
- temperance in eating and drinking
- temperance in the indulgence of joy
- Moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
- 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
- On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.
- 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
- Moderation of passion
- Synonyms: patience, calmness, sedateness
- (obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
- 1810-11, Shakespeare, The Tempest, 2.1.41
- It [the climate] must needs be of subtle, tender, and delicate temperance.
- 1810-11, Shakespeare, The Tempest, 2.1.41
Antonyms
- intemperance
- gluttony
Coordinate terms
- (virtue): chastity, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, humility
Derived terms
Related terms
- temper
- temperament
- temperamental
- temperature
Translations
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