predispose
Create inherent tendency
To predispose is to make someone inclined toward something in advance.
Genetics may predispose a person to certain diseases; upbringing may predispose someone to particular beliefs.
The word suggests a tendency or vulnerability that exists before the triggering event: Her family history predisposes her to heart disease.
A predisposition is the resulting inclination or susceptibility.
Inherent tendency toward something
- propensityInnate behavioral inclination
- tendencyInclination toward a behavior
- leaningTendency toward something
- penchantIngrained liking or tendency
predilection · bent · affinity · aptitude · preference · liking · fondness · temperament
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- preconceptionBelief formed beforehand
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
discrimination · assumption · presupposition · subjectivity · one-sidedness · slant · skew · influence
Openness to harm
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- immunityProtected from harm
allergy · exposure · constitution · resistance · risk factor · weakened · compromised · prone
Relating to heredity
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- familialPertaining to relatives
- congenitalExisting from birth
- inheritedReceived from forebears
DNA · genome · mutation · marker · risk factor · condition · disorder · disease
proclivity
Inherent tendency toward something
- propensityInnate behavioral inclination
- tendencyInclination toward a behavior
- leaningTendency toward something
penchant · predilection · bent · affinity · aptitude · preference · liking · fondness · temperament · orientation
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- preconceptionBelief formed beforehand
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
favoritism · discrimination · assumption · presupposition · subjectivity · one-sidedness · slant · skew · influence · sway
vulnerability
Openness to harm
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
immunity · allergy · exposure · constitution · resistance · risk factor · weakened · compromised · prone · at-risk
genetic
Relating to heredity
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- familialPertaining to relatives
- congenitalExisting from birth
inherited · DNA · genome · mutation · marker · risk factor · condition · disorder · disease · syndrome
predisposedisincline
Make unwilling
indispose · discourage · dissuade · deter · put off
- genetic predispositionInherited increased likelihood
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