Hypertext Webster Gateway: "propensity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Propensity \Pro*pen"si*ty\, n.; pl. {Propensities}.
The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination;
disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. ``A
propensity to utter blasphemy.'' --Macaulay.
Syn: Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness;
bent; tendency.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
propensity
n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward
frivolity" [syn: {leaning}, {tendency}]
2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for
exaggeration" [syn: {proclivity}, {leaning}]
3: a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of
iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread" [syn:
{aptness}]
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