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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend toward |
| Synonyms: | affect, be disposed, be partial, be predisposed, be willing, bend, bias, drive, favor, govern, gravitate toward, impel, induce, influence, lean to, look, make willing, move, not mind, persuade, predispose, prefer, prejudice, prompt, sway, turn, verge |
| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination; talent |
| Synonyms: | ability, aim, aptitude, bag*, disposition, druthers, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, head-set, inclining, knack, leaning, mind-set, nose, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, set, tack, tendency, thing for, tilt, turn, weakness for |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diagonal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angled |
| Synonyms: | askew, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, cater-cornered, catty-cornered, cornerways, cross, crossways, crosswise, inclining, kitty-cornered, oblique, skewing, slanted, slanting, transversal, transverse |
| Main Entry: | leaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, bias |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, bent*, cup of tea, disposition, drift, favor, favoritism, inclination, inclining, liking, mindset, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, sentiment, taste, thing, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oblique |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slanting; at an angle |
| Synonyms: | angled, askance, askew, aslant, asymmetrical, awry, bent, cater-cornered, crooked, diagonal, distorted, diverging, inclined, inclining, leaning, on the bias, pitched, pitching, sideways, skew, slanted, sloped, sloping, strained, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, turned, twisted |
| Notes: | oblique means slanting or inclined in direction or course or position - or misleading; opaque means not transmitting or reflecting light - or not clearly understood or expressed |
| Main Entry: | partiality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favoritism, fondness |
| Synonyms: | affinity, bias, cup of tea, dish, druthers, flash, inclination, inclining, leaning, liking, love, partisanship, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, taste, tendency, thing*, type, weakness |
| Antonyms: | disinterest, fairness, impartiality, justice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penchant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fondness, inclination |
| Synonyms: | affection, affinity, attachment, bias, disposition, druthers, inclining, itch, leaning, liking, partiality, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, taste, tendency, tilt, turn*, weakness, yen |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred, indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | predilection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, preference toward something |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bias, cup of tea, dish*, druthers, fancy, flash, fondness, groove, inclining, leaning, liking, love, mindset, partiality, penchant, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, taste*, tendency, thing*, type, weakness |
| Notes: | a propensity is a tendency while a predilection is a partiality - thus, a propensity (from Latin meaning 'hanging toward') is a behavioral predisposition whereas a predilection is a personal characteristic (from Latin meaning 'choose or love before others') |
| Antonyms: | antipathy, disinterest, dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proclivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, tendency |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bias, cup of tea, disposition, druthers, facility, flash*, groove*, inclining, leaning, liableness, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proneness, propensity, thing for, type, weakness |
| Antonyms: | disinclination |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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