inclinations
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Inclinations are tendencies, preferences, or dispositions toward particular actions or attitudes.
The word suggests a leaning—not compulsion, but natural drift: She had no inclination to argue.
Inclinations can be innate or acquired: His inclinations ran toward solitude.
The term also describes physical tilting or sloping: the inclination of the earth's axis.
Innate behavioral inclination
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- pronenessTendency toward something
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
habit · pattern · trend · orientation · gravitation · pull · impulse · urge
Inborn behavioral nature
- dispositionInherent character or arrangement
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- characterNature, symbol, or role
traits · instincts · tendencies · personality · hardwired · inborn · inherent · biological
Flavor perception ability
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- likingPositive inclination toward
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
predilection · penchant · appetite · desire · favoritism · fancy · weakness · attraction
propensity
Innate behavioral inclination
susceptibility · habit · pattern · trend · orientation · gravitation · pull · impulse · urge · readiness
temperament
Inborn behavioral nature
- dispositionInherent character or arrangement
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
character · traits · instincts · tendencies · personality · hardwired · inborn · inherent · biological · genetics
taste
Flavor perception ability
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- likingPositive inclination toward
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
partiality · predilection · penchant · appetite · desire · favoritism · fancy · weakness · attraction · leaning
tilt
Angular deviation from level
lean · bend · pitch · grade · cant · rake · camber · gradient · steepness · declivity
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- goalsgoals, goal, aims, objective, objectives
- individualityindividuality, uniqueness, distinctiveness, originality, selfhood
- vulnerabilitiesvulnerability, insecurity, weakness, self-doubt, flaw
inclinationsaversions
Strong feelings against
disinclinations · antipathies · dislikes · repulsions · revulsions
inclinationsreluctances
States of being unwilling
resistances · unwillingness · disinclinations · hesitations · oppositions
inclinationsindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · unconcern · disinterest · neutrality · impassivity