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- Dictionarypropensity/prə(ʊ)ˈpɛnsɪti/
noun
- 1. an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way: "his propensity for violence"
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Jan 17, 2012 · Propensity: a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much. Proclivity: natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness. So while propensity and proclivity are close synonyms, and interchangeable, predilection means something different, and should not be used as a synonym.
Mar 4, 2022 · @Andrew Leach Yes; I added 'potential' but it changes the question too much (improving it, but the original misapprehension needs addressing). 'Propensity' doesn't need a sentient referent (about half a million hits on Google for "propensity to explode", not many seeming to be figurative). –
May 28, 2015 · A context would help. It's clear from the example that you've given that it's from a piece of literature. The only example I could find was from Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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Jan 10, 2016 · a high propensity to be. Therefore, there is a high propensity the monitor is the source of the problem. was in all likelihood. Therefore, the monitor is in all likelihood the source of the problem. most probably was. Therefore, the monitor was most probably the source of the problem. in all probability was
Nov 14, 2011 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.
May 18, 2015 · I'm not sure I understand that question. I agree that the use of the word "grasp" confuses the stative nature of the word; however, I would argue that the phrase "grasp the meaning" is itself a stative construction despite the use of a normally dynamic verb. This would just be a factor of English's propensity for adopting new meanings for words.
Aug 31, 2016 · Propensity A propensity is a probabilistic disposition of an object or person to behave in a certain way—for example, the disposition of a radium atom to undergo radioactive decay in a given time-period with a certain degree of chance.
Jul 20, 2014 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.
Nov 19, 2014 · A few years ago I was told not to use that word because, in addition to its negative meaning, it comes from Latin denigratus, past participle of denigrare, which means to blacken. Therefore, "to
