Disposedness

Dis`pos´ed`ness


n.1.The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Attitude, according to the editors of the OED, has as its principal meanings things very different from those I, and I suspect you, use daily: '(1) fitness, adaptation, (2) disposedness, disposition, posture.
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Gestimmtheit: attunement as a description of the nature-grace relationship in Rahner's theology
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