måttfullhet

Swedish

Etymology

From måttfull +‎ -het

Noun

måttfullhet c

  1. moderation, restraint, temperance
    Hypernym: kardinaldygd
    • 1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Fotnot till Salomos vishet 8:7”, in Bibel 2000‎[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 20 March 2025, page 2280:
      måttfullhet och klokhet, rättrådighet och mod. Enligt grekisk filosofi människans förnämsta positiva egenskaper, "de fyra kardinaldygderna".
      temperance and prudence, justice and courage. According to Greek philosophy, man's most positive traits, "the four cardinal virtues".
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes‎[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 17 December 2024, §2341:
      Kyskhetens dygd står under inflytande av den kardinaldygd, som kallas måttfullhet.
      The virtue of chastity is under the influence of the cardinal virtue called temperance.
  2. abstemiousness

Declension

Declension of måttfullhet
nominative genitive
singular indefinite måttfullhet måttfullhets
definite måttfullheten måttfullhetens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

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