proneness

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"We find it highly unlikely that segmented filamentous bacteria is the only gut microbe capable of impacting the phenotype of alveolar macrophages, and consequently, proneness to respiratory virus infection," Gewirtz said.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024

"Grandiose narcissism has been linked to seeking admiration, manipulativeness, and proneness to hostility when being criticized."

From Salon • May 17, 2023

More recent research has explored boredom as an inherent trait — known as boredom proneness — which has a whole host of negative associations.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2021

We should buck commercial considerations to the extent that we can and give the candidates’ competing visions of government as much scrutiny as their competing talents for quips or proneness to gaffes.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2019

The Easterner put down to mountain caution the amazing swiftness with which the other had come from his hulking proneness to upstanding alertness.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh