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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an inclination to do something;
- Example: "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
[syn: leaning, propensity, tendency]

2. a natural inclination;
- Example: "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
[syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning]

3. a disposition to behave in a certain way;
- Example: "the aptness of iron to rust"
- Example: "the propensity of disease to spread"
[syn: aptness, propensity]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness;
        bent; tendency.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

propensity
    n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward
         frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity, tendency]
    2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
       [syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning]
    3: a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of
       iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread" [syn:
       aptness, propensity]