a natural inclination or tendency, penchant
/an inclination to do something
SYN - leaning, tendency
a natural inclination
SYN - proclivity
a disposition to behave in a certain way
SYN - aptness
"The propensity of disease to spread"
"He had a propensity for such craven behavior, but today he was feeling especially pluck and therefore istead of fleeing he chose to fight!"
"She had a propensity to lie, which made things really difficult but he felt that she had a good heart."
"He knew he had to counter-act his propensity to correct speech since he wanted to propitiate him and correcting him would have only been annoying."
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