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inclination

[in-kluh-ney-shuhn] / ˌɪn kləˈneɪ ʃən /




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Participants completed the Football Supporters Fanaticism Scale, a 13-item questionnaire measuring two aspects of fandom: "Inclination to Violence" and "Sense of Belongingness."

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

Inclination leads him to history, philosophy, and literature, not polemic.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015

Her first fiction, The Greater Inclination appeared in 1899.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

There is a frequent Thirst, and sometimes an Inclination to vomit; which imposing on the ignorant Assistants, have often inclined them to give the Patient a Vomit, which is mortal, especially at this Juncture.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)




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