Thesaurus / predisposition
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Maybe running lots of ultramarathons adds a few months of life expectancy for 99 percent of us, but shortens it by a decade for an unlucky fraction of a percent who have some sort of underlying issue or genetic predisposition.
THERE’S NEW EVIDENCE ON HEART HEALTH IN ENDURANCE ATHLETESMMIRHASHEMAUGUST 7, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIt could be a person’s lucky number, there could be some weird human predisposition to these digits.
IS THE UNIVERSE OPEN-ENDED? - ISSUE 102: HIDDEN TRUTHSCALEB SCHARFJUNE 16, 2021NAUTILUSWe have an innate predisposition for music, there’s no question about that.
WHAT MAKES MUSIC UNIVERSAL - ISSUE 99: UNIVERSALITYKEVIN BERGERAPRIL 29, 2021NAUTILUSFew of the cancer-stricken family members were related by blood to the Goolsbys — some had married into the family — which, to Andrea, ruled out the possibility that the cancers were caused by a genetic predisposition.
THE COAL PLANT NEXT DOORBY MAX BLAU FOR GEORGIA HEALTH NEWSMARCH 22, 2021PROPUBLICA“You can have a genetic predisposition to depression,” Gotlib says.
TEEN DEPRESSION LINKED TO HOW THE BRAIN PROCESSES REWARDSALISON PEARCE STEVENSMARCH 18, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSWe all have unique genetic predispositions—some people are simply born more at risk for certain conditions, like heart disease, than others.
MEDICINE, NOT HEALTHY FOOD, IS STILL THE BEST MEDICINECHRISTINE BYRNEMARCH 12, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIncreasingly we are faced with the prospect that predispositions to more complex behaviors are similarly wired into our brains.
HOW MUCH DO OUR GENES RESTRICT FREE WILL?HANNAH CRITCHLOWNOVEMBER 29, 2020SINGULARITY HUB For what less than disease can we call a necessity of error and a predisposition to sin and sickness?
AIDS TO REFLECTIONSAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEBut the good man's plans could not prevail against his nephew's predisposition for the land.
THE FOURTH ESTATE, VOL.1ARMANDO PALACIO VALDSThis statement may be interpreted to refer to a predisposition rather than to an inherited characteristic.
ELEMENTS OF FOLK PSYCHOLOGYWILHELM WUNDTWORDS RELATED TO PREDISPOSITION
- bent
- bigotry
- chauvinism
- disposition
- favoritism
- illiberality
- inclination
- intolerance
- leaning
- mind-set
- narrow-mindedness
- partiality
- partisanship
- penchant
- preconception
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- prepossession
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- standpoint
- tendency
- tendentiousness
- tilt
- unfairness
- viewpoint
- bent
- bigotry
- chauvinism
- disposition
- favoritism
- flash
- illiberality
- inclination
- intolerance
- leaning
- mind-set
- narrow-mindedness
- one-sidedness
- partiality
- penchant
- preconception
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- prepossession
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- standpoint
- tendency
- tendentiousness
- tilt
- unfairness
- viewpoint
- ageism
- animosity
- antipathy
- apartheid
- aversion
- bad opinion
- bias
- bigotry
- chauvinism
- contemptuousness
- detriment
- discrimination
- disgust
- dislike
- displeasure
- disrelish
- enmity
- foregone conclusion
- illiberality
- injustice
- intolerance
- jaundiced eye
- mindset
- misjudgment
- narrow-mindedness
- one-sidedness
- partiality
- pique
- preconceived notion
- preconception
- predilection
- predisposition
- prejudgment
- prepossession
- racism
- repugnance
- revulsion
- sexism
- slant
- spleen
- tilt
- twist
- umbrage
- unfairness
- warp
- xenophobia
- 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
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