propensity
Inborn leaning toward
Propensity is a natural inclination or tendency toward a particular behavior or outcome.
It suggests something more than a passing preference—an inherent disposition that reliably manifests over time.
He has a propensity for exaggeration.
The study examined the propensity of certain populations to develop heart disease.
The word often appears in formal or academic contexts and frequently pairs with "for" or "to."
Inclination toward a behavior
- leaningTendency toward something
- proclivityInherent tendency toward something
- penchantIngrained liking or tendency
- predilectionPreexisting preference or bias
affinity · bent · disposition · partiality · bias · fondness · preference · liking
Recurring arrangement or template
- behaviorManner of conducting oneself
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
addiction · obsession · fixation · conditioning · automatism · repetition · consistency · regularity
Science of hereditary transmission
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- genesUnits of heredity
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
innate · inborn · inherited · congenital · biological · constitution · predisposition · ancestry
tendency
Inclination toward a behavior
- leaningTendency toward something
- proclivityInherent tendency toward something
- penchantIngrained liking or tendency
predilection · affinity · bent · disposition · partiality · bias · fondness · preference · liking · taste
pattern
Recurring arrangement or template
- behaviorManner of conducting oneself
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
compulsion · addiction · obsession · fixation · conditioning · automatism · repetition · consistency · regularity · second-nature
genetics
Science of hereditary transmission
inheritance · innate · inborn · inherited · congenital · biological · constitution · predisposition · ancestry · lineage
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- dispositionsdisposition, predisposition, inclination, tendency, temperament
- inclinationsinclination, tendency, predisposition, proclivity, leaning
- Tendenciesprone, apt, inclined, liable, tendency
- phrenologycraniology, acquisitiveness, adhesiveness, benevolence, cautiousness
- fondnessaffection, liking, fondness, tenderness, caring
propensityaversion
Intense dislike or repugnance
disinclination · antipathy · distaste · repugnance · reluctance
propensityindifference
Lack of interest
neutrality · impartiality · disinterestedness · objectivity · unconcern
propensitydeliberate choice
Decision made on purpose
conscious decision · anomaly · aberration · exception · fluke