Meaning of humorality | Babel Free
Definitions
A specific health and temperament that was believed to arise from an individual's balance of humors.
Examples
“In a pneumatic context, the claim⟳ to humorality is thus also, implicitly, a claim⟳ upon deference and a demand⟳ for social accommodation.”
“By predicating conception on differing humoral temperaments of men and women, medical theorists justified their own⟳ subjugation of women by cultivating a distinct female humorality responsible for behavior.”
“For instance, how might Galenic humorality be perceived beyond the immediate example of the human body whose fabric we have⟳ grown accustomed to seeing as Galenically inflected?.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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