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propensity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Propensity \Pro*pen"si*ty\, n.; pl {Propensities}. The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. ``A propensity to utter blasphemy.'' --Macaulay. Syn: Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness; bent; tendency. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: propensity n 1: an inclination to do something "he felt leanings toward frivolity" [syn: {leaning}, {tendency}] 2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" [syn: {proclivity}, {leaning}] 3: a disposition to behave in a certain way "the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread" [syn: {aptness}]
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