A propensity is a natural tendency to behave in a certain way. We all have propensities things we tend to do. Dogs have a propensity to bark, and many people have a propensity for getting annoyed by it.
The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
Noun
a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread"
Noun
a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
Noun
an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
n.
The quality or state of being propense; natural
inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
Propensity
The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
Usage Examples
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.
A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty.
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.
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Other Usage ExamplesWomen are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.
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