propensities

NOUN

inclination, weakness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bias disposition leaning penchant predilection predisposition proclivity susceptibility tendency

STRONG

ability aptness bent capacity competence flash inclining liability partiality proneness talent thing tilt yen

WEAK

sweet tooth

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disinclination dislike hate

STRONG

hatred impotence inability inadequacy incompetence weakness

WEAK

antipathy

Example Sentences

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propensities

The upshot is that equity wealth is increasingly available to fund spending among households with higher marginal propensities to consume.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

I’m still the same person with the same propensities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

The authors say that the study cannot disentangle the mechanisms driving the difference in the propensities to attend to social information.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024

To test this, the experimenters created several different libraries of various amino acids combinations and then screened them for two things: their solubility and secondary structure propensities.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2023

How fearful were the curses those propensities entailed on me!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë