proclivity

Noun

Meaning

Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.

Readiness; facility; aptitude.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

propensity leaning type turn love direction diathesis capacity mind thing desire trend capability taste gift
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Antonyms

repulsion loathing phi detestation heating hatred
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Hypernyms

disposition inclination tendency

Phrases with the word

irregular sexual proclivity inborn proclivity innate proclivity

Examples

Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war. William Kirby

he has a proclivity for exaggeration Source: Internet

Adding insult to injury is the administration’s apparent proclivity for shaming students, regardless of whether the rules have actually been broken. Source: Internet

Hobbes posits a primitive, unconnected state of nature in which men, having a "natural proclivity. Source: Internet

Golinkin, Halakha For Our Time, pp. 5, 9, 13. A more distinctive characterization is a greater proclivity to base rulings on earlier sources, in the Rishonim or before them, as far back as the Talmud. Source: Internet

Trump’s personal diatribe against the WHO director general Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus is appalling but not surprising given Trump's racist proclivity. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

proclitic proclitically proclive proclivous proclonol proclotting