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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, bent |
| Synonyms: | affection, appetite, aptitude, aptness, attachment, attraction, bias, capability, capacity, cup of tea, desire, disposition, drift, druthers, fancy, fondness, groove*, idiosyncrasy, impulse, leaning, liking, mind, movement, partiality, penchant, persuasion, pleasure, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant*, soft spot, stomach*, susceptibility, taste, temperament, thing*, trend, turn*, type, urge, velleity, weakness, whim, will, wish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | addiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a habit of activity, often injurious |
| Synonyms: | bag*, bent, craving, dependence, enslavement, fixation, hang-up, hook, inclination, jones, kick*, monkey on back, monkey*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth, thing* |
| Notes: | addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong fondness |
| Synonyms: | amore, ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen* |
| Antonyms: | animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appetite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire for food, worldly goods |
| Synonyms: | appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes, craving, demand, fondness, gluttony, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, itch, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ravenousness, relish, soft spot, stomach, sweet tooth, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, yen, zeal, zest |
| Antonyms: | antipathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repulsion, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | aspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal, hope |
| Synonyms: | aim, ambition, ambitiousness, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, fire in the belly, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning |
| Main Entry: | attitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental outlook |
| Synonyms: | air, angle, approach, belief, bent, bias, character, demeanor, disposition, frame of mind, headset, inclination, leaning, like it is, mental state, mindset, mindtrip, mood, notion, opinion, perspective, philosophy, point of view, position, posture, predilection, prejudice, proclivity, reaction, routine, say so, sensibility, sentiment, set, slant, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, temper, temperament, twist, view, where one is at |
| Notes: | aptitude and attitude derive from Latin aptitudo 'fitness,' the first through French, the second through a French borrowing of Italian attitudine |
| Main Entry: | attraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to draw attention; something that draws attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, allurement, appeal, attractiveness, bait, captivation, charm, chemistry, come-on, courting, draw, drawing power, enchantment, endearment, enthrallment, enticement, fascination, gravitation, inclination, inducement, interest, invitation, it, lure, magnetism, pull, seduction, solicitation, temptation, tendency |
| Antonyms: | repulsion, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in one way; partiality |
| Synonyms: | bent, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | fairness, impartiality, justness |
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bend from waist |
| Synonyms: | angle, arc, arch, bend, bending, bob, curtsy, curvation, curvature, curve, flection, flexure, genuflection, inclination, kowtow, nod, obeisance, round, salaam, turn, turning |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
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