Thesaurus / inclination
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Grading papers, family obligations and serious drinking left him without much inclination to write.
‘THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT’ IS A BESTSELLER, BUT ITS AUTHOR, WALTER TEVIS, WAS HARDLY A ONE-HIT WONDERMICHAEL DIRDAFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTYour natural inclination is to look around and absorb the world, not start running and gunning.
BEST VR HEADSETS: BRING YOUR ENTERTAINMENT TO LIFEERIC ALTJANUARY 11, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThe goal was to understand what prompts people to switch from a run to a walk or vice-versa, and determine whether our natural inclinations also correspond to the most efficient approach.
YES, WALKING IS SOMETIMES FASTER THAN RUNNING UPHILLALEX HUTCHINSONDECEMBER 27, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEIt also varies in its inclination, or the angle at which magnetic field lines intersect with the planet’s surface.
HOW SEA TURTLES FIND THEIR WAY - ISSUE 94: EVOLVINGJASON G. GOLDMANDECEMBER 16, 2020NAUTILUSThey drafted Jalen Hurts in the second round and have shown no inclination to significantly use him as a change-of-pace quarterback, which suggests they had some doubts about Wentz’s future back in April.
WHAT TO KNOW FROM NFL WEEK 11: CARSON WENTZ LOOKS LOST, AND TAYSOM HILL IS JUST GETTING STARTEDADAM KILGORENOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON POSTSome people fear—or hope, depending on political inclinations—the former vice president will make radical leftward changes.
Q&A: FORMER COMMERCE SECRETARY PENNY PRITZKER TALKS AMERICA’S R&D PROBLEM, TAXES, AND THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOKRHHACKETTFORTUNEOCTOBER 11, 2020FORTUNEAI helps to identify and recognize behavioral patterns, future behavior, and purchasing inclinations of customers by analyzing huge arrays of big data gathered over a period of time.
TRANSFORMING ADVERTISEMENT AND GRAPHIC DESIGN THROUGH AISHREE DASSEPTEMBER 8, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHProblems will arise when ulterior motives give us an inclination to use inappropriate technology as a way to use what’s most familiar or gain experience with the latest JavaScript libraries.
POWER SEO FRIENDLY MARKUP WITH HTML5, CSS3, AND JAVASCRIPTDETLEF JOHNSONAUGUST 20, 2020SEARCH ENGINE LANDSome of them require going against certain human inclinations, and, although not easy to achieve, are readily within the human repertoire once the social and personal benefits are made clear, and compliance demanded.
JUST BECAUSE IT’S NATURAL DOESN’T MEAN IT’S GOOD - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDEDAVID P. BARASHAUGUST 19, 2020NAUTILUSThe sailors were all in amazement, and asked me a thousand questions, which I had no inclination to answer.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTWORDS RELATED TO INCLINATION
- bent
- bias
- bigotry
- chauvinism
- disposition
- favoritism
- illiberality
- inclination
- intolerance
- leaning
- mind-set
- narrow-mindedness
- one-sidedness
- partiality
- partisanship
- penchant
- preconception
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- standpoint
- tendency
- tendentiousness
- tilt
- unfairness
- viewpoint
- aptitude
- bag
- bias
- cast
- disposition
- druthers
- facility
- faculty
- flair
- forte
- genius
- gift
- inclination
- inclining
- knack
- leaning
- liability
- liableness
- mind-set
- openness
- partiality
- penchant
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- proclivity
- propensity
- susceptibility
- tack
- tendency
- thing for
- trend
- vulnerability
- weakness for
- admiration
- amativeness
- ambition
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- attraction
- avidity
- concupiscence
- covetousness
- craving
- craze
- cupidity
- devotion
- doting
- eagerness
- eroticism
- erotism
- fancy
- fascination
- fervor
- fondness
- frenzy
- greed
- hankering
- hunger
- inclination
- infatuation
- itch
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- libidinousness
- libido
- liking
- love
- lust
- lustfulness
- mania
- motive
- need
- passion
- predilection
- proclivity
- propensity
- pruriency
- rapaciousness
- rapture
- ravenousness
- relish
- salacity
- solicitude
- thirst
- urge
- voracity
- will
- wish
- yearning
- admiration
- amativeness
- ambition
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- attraction
- avidity
- concupiscence
- covetousness
- craving
- craze
- cupidity
- devotion
- doting
- eagerness
- eroticism
- erotism
- fancy
- fascination
- fervor
- fondness
- frenzy
- greed
- hankering
- hunger
- inclination
- infatuation
- itch
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- libidinousness
- libido
- liking
- love
- lust
- lustfulness
- mania
- motive
- need
- passion
- predilection
- proclivity
- propensity
- prurience
- rapaciousness
- rapture
- ravenousness
- relish
- salacity
- solicitude
- thirst
- urge
- voracity
- will
- wish
- yearning
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