Noun
The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Carl Sagan
Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch. Tim Berners-Lee
A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty. David Hume
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. Jane Austen
The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. Adam Smith
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty. Fisher Ames