Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A natural propensity or inclination; a predisposition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.
- noun Readiness; facility of learning.
- noun Synonyms Bent, bias, predisposition, aptitude, turn (for).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.
- noun Readiness; facility; aptitude.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
predisposition or naturalinclination ,propensity , or apredilection ; especially refers to a strongdisposition orbent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a natural inclination
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Posturing seems to be the main proclivity of our right wing today.
Standing Pat 2009
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Posturing seems to be the main proclivity of our right wing today.
Standing Pat 2009
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Or perhaps the two of them share a certain proclivity for denial in the face of evidence and facts.
Obama's nominee for Office of Legal Counsel: pregnancy is slavery 2009
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"Too many people associate Muslims with terrorists, that is, a proclivity to violence or people who are not patriotic to this country," Al-Qatami said.
Latest Articles Herald Leader 2008
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"Too many people associate Muslims with terrorists, that is, a proclivity to violence or people who are not patriotic to this country," Al-Qatami said.
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You left out race, gender and sexual proclivity which is the heart of every liberal action.
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Would one seriously argue that a student who showed early proclivity for mathematics should be the last one who should get a career as a mathematician.
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The Iranians have shown a long-time proclivity to open fire on neutral shipping and even other warships, over the course of the last 25 years.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity 2010
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Alarmingly, QE has brought forth a new brinkmanship gambling upon the proclivity of foreign investors to not divest their investment in our Treasury securities.
Patrick Yam: Epiphinal Economic Times Patrick Yam 2011
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Perhaps our culture should change in such a way that people have a much greater proclivity to think clearly and consistently within the framework of a well-defined value system accepted by everyone.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Welfare Evaluation, Behavioral Agents and Rational Agents 2010
shanvrolijk commented on the word proclivity
"Ours is a privileged moment: never before has it been so easy to gain access to the errant musings, rapid-fire opinions, and random proclivity-ies of venture capitalists and others we enrich."
Source: How Silicon Valley’s Workplace Culture Produced James Damore’s Google Memo
January 22, 2018