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Phlegmatic means pertaining to phlegm, corresponds to the season of winter (wet and cold), and connotes the element of water.
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Water, is cold and moist, related closely to phlegm: people with more phlegmatic personalities were passive and submissive.
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Four elements (earth, air, fire and water) combine into complexion, which combines into states (the four temperaments: sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric, and melancholic).
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People were thought to be either of the four temperaments: choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic, or sanguine.
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A person showing signs of phlegmatism might have been served wine (a choleric drink and the direct opposite humor to phlegmatic) to balance this.
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On average, male chicks tend to be more active wing-flappers and usually will first fly around 10 days earlier than the more phlegmatic female chicks.
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As indicated in the subtitle, each of its four movements is a musical sketch of a humor of the four temperaments: choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic, and sanguine.
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Phlegmatic temperaments are characterized by dependability, kindness, and affection.
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Generally portrayed as very weary/phlegmatic and somewhat clueless as a father.
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The melancholy and choleric, however, shared a sustained response, and the sanguine and phlegmatic shared a short-lived response.
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