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Definition of predisposition noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

predisposition

noun

NAmE//ˌpridɪspəˈzɪʃn//

[countable, uncountable] predisposition (to/toward something) predisposition (to do something) (formal)

a condition that makes someone or something likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease a genetic predisposition to liver disease

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