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Another word for propensity

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Noun

  1. An inclination to something

    See also:

    like

    approach

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Another word for propensity

Noun
  1. See also:

    inclination

    ability

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Sentence Examples

  • During hot days he had a propensity for walking around in just his boxers.

  • Men have a slight increased propensity towards baldness.

  • A propensity for violence is in no doubt.

  • Natural propensity to war is the motive force in primitive societies only.

  • Second, in the past, technological improvements did not decrease human beings' propensity to wage war; they only made people better at killing.

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