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pronenesses

pronenesses is the plural of proneness.

Meaning of proneness

Noun

proneness (usually uncountable, plural pronenesses)

  1. (usually) The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward.
    • The proneness of animals is opposed to the erect posture of human beings.
    Antonyms:
    supineness
  2. (usually) The state of lying with the face down.
  3. (dated, usually) Descent; declivity.
    • the proneness of a hill
  4. (usually) Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition.
    • proneness to self-gratification

Questions about pronenesses

What is pronenesses the plural of?
Pronenesses is the plural of proneness.

Words near pronenesses in the dictionary

  1. proned
  2. proned out
  3. pronegotiation
  4. pronely
  5. proneness
  6. pronenesses
  7. proneoplastic
  8. pronephric
  9. pronephritic
  10. pronephroi
  11. pronephron

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pronenesses (page history and authors); proneness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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