Noun
proclivity (plural proclivities)
- A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
- Synonyms: penchant, propensity; see also Thesaurus:predilection
The child has a proclivity for exaggeration.
1922 February, James Joyce, “[16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:This therefore was the reason why the still comparatively young though dissolute man who now addressed Stephen was spoken of by some with facetious proclivities as Lord John Corley.
1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 10:The idea is that the choice of when facing the alternatives reveals a proclivity for choosing over that we should expect to see reflected in the individual's behavior when faced with the alternatives .
2016 March 22, Emma Green, quoting Pastor Brown, “Where Is the Church in the Black Lives Matter Movement?”, in The Atlantic:The sermon that morning was ostensibly about healthy sexual relationships, but scathing critiques of capitalism and corporations also got significant airtime. (“I have leftist proclivities,” Brown explained.)
Translations
A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection
- Armenian: հակում (hy) (hakum), հակվածություն (hy) (hakvacutʻyun)
- Bulgarian: склонност (bg) f (sklonnost), тенденция (bg) f (tendencija)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 傾向/倾向 (king1 hoeng3), 癖性 (pik1 sing3)
- Mandarin: 怪癖 (zh) (guài pǐ)
- Dutch: aanleg (nl) m, neiging (nl) f
- Finnish: taipumus (fi)
- French: propension (fr) f, penchant (fr) m, tendance (fr) f, inclination (fr) f
- German: Hang (de) m, Vorliebe (de) f, Schwäche (de) f, Neigung (de) f
- Greek: τάση (el) f (tási), ροπή (el) f (ropí), κλίση (el) f (klísi)
- Hungarian: hajlam (hu), hajlandóság (hu), hajlamosság (hu)
- Italian: tendenza (it) f
- Norwegian: tendens (no) m
- Polish: skłonność (pl) f
- Russian: скло́нность (ru) f (sklónnostʹ)
- Slovak: sklon m, predispozícia f, inklinácia f, tendencia f, záľuba f, zaľúbenie n, slabosť f
- Spanish: propensión (es) f, tendencia (es) f, inclinación (es) f, afición (es) f, predilección (es) f, gusto (es) m
- Swedish: böjelse (sv), benägenhet (sv)
- Turkish: yatkınlık (tr), eğilim (tr), temayül (tr) (obsolete)
- Ukrainian: схильність f (sxylʹnistʹ), нахил m (naxyl)
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