propensity
noun/prəˈpensəti/
/prəˈpensəti/
(plural propensities)
(formal)- a natural desire or need that makes you tend to behave in a particular way synonym inclination
- propensity for something He showed a propensity for violence.
- propensity for doing something her propensity for accepting a challenge
- propensity to do something She has a propensity to exaggerate.
- propensity for somebody/something to do something There is an increased propensity for people to live alone.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from archaic propense (from Latin propensus ‘inclined’, past participle of propendere, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + pendere ‘hang’) + -ity.
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