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predisposition
noun
1 predisposition
Susceptibility to a pathogen.
synonym: sensitivity.
Roget 820:
affections,
affect;
character,
qualities,
disposition,
nature,
spirit,
tone;
temper,
temperament;
diathesis†,
idiosyncrasy;
cast of mind,
cast of soul,
habit of mind,
habit of soul,
frame of mind,
frame of soul;
predilection,
turn,
natural turn of mind;
bent,
bias,
predisposition,
proneness,
proclivity,
propensity,
propenseness†,
propension†,
propendency†;
vein,
humor,
mood,
grain,
mettle;
sympathy
etc.
(love)
897.
soul,
heart,
breast,
bosom,
inner man;
heart's core,
heart's strings,
heart's blood;
heart of hearts,
bottom of one's heart,
penetralia mentis [Lat.];
secret and inmost recesses of the heart,
cockles of one's heart;
inmost heart,
inmost soul;
backbone.
passion,
pervading spirit;
ruling passion,
master passion;
furore†;
fullness of the heart,
heyday of the blood,
flesh and blood,
flow of soul.
energy,
fervor,
fire,
force.
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Roget 673:
preparation;
providing
etc.
v.;
provision,
providence;
anticipation
etc.
(foresight)
510;
precaution,
preconcertation†,
predisposition;
forecast
etc.
(plan)
626;
rehearsal,
note of preparation.
[Putting in order]
arrangement
etc.
60;
clearance;
adjustment
etc.
23;
tuning;
equipment,
outfit,
accouterment,
armament,
array.
ripening
etc.
v.;
maturation,
evolution;
elaboration,
concoction,
digestion;
gestation,
batching,
incubation,
sitting.
groundwork,
first stone,
cradle,
stepping-stone;
foundation,
scaffold
etc.
(support)
215;
scaffolding,
echafaudage [Fr.].
[Preparation of men]
training
etc.
(education)
537;
inurement
etc.
(habit)
613;
novitiate;
cooking
[Preparation of food],
cookery;
brewing,
culinary art;
tilling,
plowing,
[Preparation of the soil],
sowing;
semination†,
cultivation.
[State of being prepared]
preparedness,
readiness,
ripeness,
mellowness;
maturity;
un impromptu fait a loisir [Fr.].
[Preparer]
preparer,
trainer;
pioneer,
trailblazer;
avant-courrier [Fr.],
avant-coureur [Fr.];
voortrekker [Afrik.];
sappers and miners,
pavior†,
navvy†;
packer,
stevedore;
warming pan.
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Roget 176:
tendency;
aptness,
aptitude;
proneness,
proclivity,
bent,
turn,
tone,
bias,
set,
leaning to,
predisposition,
inclination,
propensity,
susceptibility;
conatus [Lat.],
nisus [Lat.];
liability
etc.
177;
quality,
nature,
temperament;
idiocrasy†,
idiosyncrasy;
cast,
vein,
grain;
humor,
mood;
drift
etc.
(direction)
278;
conduciveness,
conducement†;
applicability
etc.
(utility)
644;
subservience
etc.
(instrumentality)
631.
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Polish: tkliwość
2 predisposition
An inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way.
3 predisposition
A disposition in advance to react in a particular way.
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