proneness
Inclination toward something
Proneness is the tendency or inclination toward something, usually something undesirable: his proneness to exaggeration, a proneness to infection.
The word carries a sense of susceptibility or vulnerability—you have a proneness to things that happen to you or that you fall into, rather than things you deliberately choose.
Inborn behavioral nature
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
makeup · inclination · bent · proclivity · tendency · trait · mentality · predilection
Liability to influence
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- exposureState of being unprotected
- riskPossibility of harm
liability · fragility · defenselessness · hypersensitivity · reactivity · precariousness · openness · endangerment
Liability to influence
- allergyAdverse immune response
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
reactivity · risk factor · condition · syndrome · immunodeficiency · autoimmune · inflammation · chronic
Science of hereditary transmission
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
bloodline · ancestry · lineage · family history · chromosomes · genotype · constitution · biology
temperament
Inborn behavioral nature
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
constitution · makeup · inclination · bent · proclivity · tendency · trait · mentality · predilection · leaning
susceptibility
Liability to influence
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- exposureState of being unprotected
risk · liability · fragility · defenselessness · hypersensitivity · reactivity · precariousness · openness · endangerment · peril
susceptibility
Liability to influence
- allergyAdverse immune response
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
hypersensitivity · reactivity · risk factor · condition · syndrome · immunodeficiency · autoimmune · inflammation · chronic · recurrence
genetics
Science of hereditary transmission
inheritance · bloodline · ancestry · lineage · family history · chromosomes · genotype · constitution · biology · heritage
- dispositionsdisposition, inclination, tendency, temperament, proclivity
- inclinationsinclination, tendency, proclivity, leaning, penchant
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming
- vulnerabilitiesvulnerability, insecurity, weakness, self-doubt, flaw
pronenessaversion
Intense dislike or repugnance
disinclination · resistance · reluctance · averseness · indisposition
prone, prostrate, propensity, predisposition, predispose, preponderance, prostration, preponderant