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propensity

noun

1 propensity

An inclination to do something.

synonyms: leaning, tendency.

Roget 865: desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency.    mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, ... show more

2 propensity

A natural inclination.

synonyms: leaning, proclivity.

Roget 176: tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, ... show more

Roget 820: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, ... show more

Dutch: neiging, aanleg

3 propensity

A disposition to behave in a certain way:
— The propensity of disease to spread.

synonym: aptness.


Moby thesaurus: a thing for, affinity, an ear for, an eye for, animus, aptitude, aptness, bent, bias, capacity for, cast, character, conatus, conduciveness, constitution, delight, diathesis, disposition, eagerness, eccentricity ... show more.

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