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Definition of proclivity noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

proclivity

noun

NAmE//prəˈklɪvət̮i//

, NAmE//proʊˈklɪvət̮i//

(pl. proclivities) proclivity (for something/for doing something) (formal)

a natural tendency to do something or to feel something, often something bad synonym propensity his sexual/criminal proclivities the government's proclivity for spending money

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