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proclivity

[ proh-kliv-i-tee ]

noun

plural proclivities.
  1. natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition:

    a proclivity to meticulousness.

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proclivity

/ ±è°ùəˈ°ì±ôɪ±¹Éª³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. a tendency or inclination
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of proclivity1

1585–95; < Latin ±è°ùų¦±ôÄ«±¹¾±³ÙÄå²õ tendency, literally, a steep descent, steepness, equivalent to ±è°ùų¦±ôÄ«±¹ ( is ) sloping forward, steep ( ±è°ùÅ- pro- 1 + ³¦±ôÄ«±¹ ( us ) slope + -is adj. suffix) + -¾±³ÙÄå²õ -ity
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of proclivity1

C16: from Latin ±è°ùų¦±ôÄ«±¹¾±³ÙÄå²õ, from ±è°ùų¦±ôÄ«±¹is steep, from pro- 1+ ³¦±ôÄ«±¹us a slope
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Trump has shown a proclivity for enacting tariffs — and then suddenly reversing course.

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She also could not have seriously been talking to any other queer person with a proclivity for our community in Chicago.

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Partly autobiographical — Cox herself grew up in Mobile — “Clean Slate†imagines a world where a curmudgeon like Harry would have just as hard a time with Desiree’s vegetarian proclivities as with her gender identity.

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It added that allegations the company had knowingly employed "individuals with proclivities or histories towards illegal... conduct" were "similarly without basis".

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I’ve also become the person I imagined when I was 4, Raspberry Glace in hand: someone whose relationship with lip wear is a product of lifestyle, a mature proclivity rather than an amateur desire.

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