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propensities

NOUN

inclination, weakness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bias disposition leaning penchant predilection predisposition proclivity susceptibility tendency

STRONG

ability aptness bent capacity competence flash inclining liability partiality proneness talent thing tilt yen

WEAK

sweet tooth

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disinclination dislike hate

STRONG

hatred impotence inability inadequacy incompetence weakness

WEAK

antipathy

Example Sentences

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I’m still the same person with the same propensities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The authors say that the study cannot disentangle the mechanisms driving the difference in the propensities to attend to social information.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024

To test this, the experimenters created several different libraries of various amino acids combinations and then screened them for two things: their solubility and secondary structure propensities.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2023

“He didn’t seem like a violent guy whatsoever. There were no dangerous propensities that would stick out. That’s why I was pretty shocked to see it was him doing that. Definitely completely out of character.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023

In our tenure on this planet we have accumulated dangerous evolutionary baggage, hereditary propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders and hostility to outsiders, which place our survival in some question.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan