Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɹəˈpɛnsɪti/
propensity
- An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I:
- To the psychologist the religious propensities of man must be at least as interesting as any other of the facts pertaining to his mental constitution. It would seem, therefore, that, as a psychologist, the natural thing for me would be to invite you to a descriptive survey of those religious propensities.
- He has a propensity for lengthy discussions of certain favorite topics.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I:
- proclivity, propension, predilection, see also Thesaurus:predilection
- French: propension, tendance
- German: Neigung, Tendenz
- Italian: propensione, tendenza, inclinazione
- Portuguese: propensão, tendência, inclinação, predisposição, predileção
- Russian: скло́нность
- Spanish: propensión, inclinación
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