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tendency

noun

1 tendency

An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others:
— A tendency to be too strict.

synonyms: disposition, inclination.

Roget 620: intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo animo [Lat.]; project etc. 626; undertaking etc. 676; predetermination etc. 611; ... show more

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

Roget 278: direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, tenor; tendency etc. 176; incidence; bending, trending etc. ... show more

Dutch: aandrang, aandrift, geneigdheid, inclinatie, neiging
Polish: ciągoty, pociąg, predylekcja, inklinacja, skłonność, słabość, instynkt

2 tendency

An inclination to do something.

synonyms: leaning, propensity.

3 tendency

A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect:
— Fabric with a tendency to shrink.

synonym: inclination.

Polish: tendencja

4 tendency

A general direction in which something tends to move:
— The shoreward tendency of the current.

synonym: trend.

Dutch: neiging, trend


Moby thesaurus: affinity, aim, an ear for, an eye for, animus, aptitude, aptness, azimuth, bag, bearing, bent, bias, body-build, brand, capacity for, cast, chance, character, characteristic, characteristics ... show more.

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