propensity
/pɹəˈpɛnsɪti/
propensity noun: an inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
Noun
propensity (countable and uncountable, plural propensities)
- An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
- He has a propensity for lengthy discussions of certain favorite topics.
- I must own they do dearly delight in a judgment; and sorry am I that I cannot gratify this laudable propensity by specifying some peculiar evil incurred by Mr. Delawarr's ambition, or Lady Etheringhame's vanity.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Chapter”, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 326
- Synonyms:
- proclivity, predisposition, predilection, propension, affinity, bag, bent, love, cup of coffee, cup of joe
propensity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
propensity in Hindi
- tendency
- प्रवृत्ति pravŕtti
propensity in Tamil
- மனப்பாங்கு, மனச்சார்பு, நாட்டம், போக்கு, செயற்சார்பு
propensity in Urdu
- میل, رجحان
propensity in Bengali
- propensity
- প্রবৃত্তি prôbritti
More languagesFewer languages
- propensity in Malayalam
- പ്രവണത pravaṇata
- propensity in Kannada
- ಒಲವು, ಇಚ್ಛೆ, ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ, ಮನಸ್ಸು
- propensity in Arabic
- ميل
- propensity in Persian
- میل meyl, گرایش gerâyeš
Examples of propensity in a sentence
- He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving.1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 29:
- A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
Synonyms of propensity
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Forms of propensity
| plural | propensities |
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Origin of propensity
Learned borrowing from New Latin prōpensitās. By surface analysis, propense (“inclined, disposed”) + -ity.
Words formed from propensity
Questions about propensity
- What does propensity mean?
- Propensity means an inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
- What is propensity in Hindi?
- Propensity in Hindi is प्रवृत्ति (pravŕtti). See Propensity meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use propensity in a sentence?
- He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving.
- What part of speech is propensity?
- Propensity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce propensity?
- Propensity is pronounced /pɹəˈpɛnsɪti/.
- What is the plural of propensity?
- The plural of propensity is propensities.
Words near propensity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: propensity (page history and authors); propensity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); propensity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); প্রবৃত্তি (Bengali) (page history and authors); propensity (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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