leanings
Where sympathies fall
Leanings are inclinations or tendencies, especially in opinion or political orientation: Her socialist leanings were well known, a judge with conservative leanings.
The word suggests a tilt rather than a committed position—someone with artistic leanings may not be an artist but feels drawn that way.
Habitual behavioral directions
- preferencesFavored options among alternatives
- predispositionsPrior tendencies toward outcomes
- proclivitiesInnate inclinations toward something
- affinitiesNatural likenesses or attractions
predilections · penchants · dispositions · bents · sympathies · orientations · propensities · tastes
Preformed negative judgments
- partialitiesUnfair favoring tendencies
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
subjectivity · preconceptions · slant · skew · predisposition · unfairness · preferential · discrimination
Open to reform
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
- left-wingPolitically liberal or radical
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- centristOne favoring middle positions
progressive · libertarian · partisan · ideological · socialist · populist · moderate · radical
tendencies
Habitual behavioral directions
- preferencesFavored options among alternatives
- predispositionsPrior tendencies toward outcomes
- proclivitiesInnate inclinations toward something
affinities · predilections · penchants · dispositions · bents · sympathies · orientations · propensities · tastes · likings
prejudices
Preformed negative judgments
- partialitiesUnfair favoring tendencies
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
partisanship · subjectivity · preconceptions · slant · skew · predisposition · unfairness · preferential · discrimination · inequity
liberal
Open to reform
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
- left-wingPolitically liberal or radical
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
centrist · progressive · libertarian · partisan · ideological · socialist · populist · moderate · radical · reformist
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- sensitivitysensitivity, sensitive, hypersensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitive
- individualityindividuality, uniqueness, distinctiveness, originality, selfhood
leaningsconvictions
Strongly held beliefs
certainties · commitments · dedications · absolutes · dogmas
leaningsindifference
Lack of interest
neutrality · impartiality · apathy · disinterest · detachment
leaningsaversions
Strong feelings against
dislikes · disinclinations · repulsions · antipathies · revulsions
- leaning onSupported by contact with
- leaning over backwardsExtreme effort to accommodate
- leaning towards
- leaning intoActively engaging with
- Leaning Tower of PisaCrooked Italian bell tower
- leaning inTilting body forward