predisposed
Prone from start
Predisposed describes a state of being inclined or susceptible to something before it happens.
Someone predisposed to anxiety may develop it more readily under stress; a person predisposed to trust others approaches new relationships with openness.
The word often appears in medical contexts to describe genetic or biological tendencies: She was genetically predisposed to heart disease.
You can also be predisposed toward or against something based on prior experience or belief.
Inclined or face-down
- aptNaturally suited or inclined
- likelyHaving good odds
- givenAccepted as fact
- liableLegally responsible for something
ready · willing · prepared · oriented · bent · leaning · tending · geared
Passed through generations
- inheritedReceived from forebears
- heritableCapable of genetic transmission
- inbornExisting from birth
- innateExisting since birth
congenital · familial · ancestral · genetic · DNA · chromosomal · genomic · bloodline
Open to attack
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- receptiveOpen to input
- openNot closed
- subjectMatter under discussion
impressionable · amenable · responsive · permeable · reactive · exposed · defenseless · at-risk
Taught a skill
- programmedSet with instructions
- primedMade ready beforehand
- influencedChanged by external pressure
- shapedGiven a particular form
molded · groomed · prepared · acclimated · accustomed · habituated · indoctrinated · socialized
Biased against a group
- biasedUnfairly favoring one side
- partialFavoring one side
- bigotedStubbornly intolerant of others
- discriminatoryShowing unfair distinction
intolerant · narrow-minded · jaundiced · one-sided · partisan · slanted · skewed · unfair
prone
Inclined or face-down
liable · ready · willing · prepared · oriented · bent · leaning · tending · geared · primed
hereditary
Passed through generations
innate · congenital · familial · ancestral · genetic · DNA · chromosomal · genomic · bloodline · lineage
vulnerable
Open to attack
subject · impressionable · amenable · responsive · permeable · reactive · exposed · defenseless · at-risk · influenced
trained
Taught a skill
- programmedSet with instructions
- primedMade ready beforehand
- influencedChanged by external pressure
shaped · molded · groomed · prepared · acclimated · accustomed · habituated · indoctrinated · socialized · taught
prejudiced
Biased against a group
discriminatory · intolerant · narrow-minded · jaundiced · one-sided · partisan · slanted · skewed · unfair · preconceived
- prone tolikely, apt, liable, inclined, given
- Tendenciesprone, apt, inclined, liable, tendency
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
- Genetic Traitshair color, dark hair, skin color, dimples, blood type
- intolerantbigoted, biased, prejudiced, discriminatory, intolerant
predisposeddisinclined
Averse to acting
unwilling · reluctant · loath · averse · indisposed
predisposedimpartial
Showing no preference
unbiased · neutral · open-minded · unprejudiced · objective
predisposedunsusceptible
Not liable to influence
insusceptible · immune · resistant · impervious · protected
- genetic predispositionInherited increased likelihood
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