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/pɹəˈpɛnsɪti/ · noun
An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction..
He has a propensity for lengthy discussions of certain favorite topics.
I must own they do dearly delight in a judgment; and sorry am I that I cannot gratify this laudable propensity by specifying some peculiar evil incurred by Mr. Delawarr's ambition, or Lady Etheringhame's vanity.
To the psychologist the religious propensities of man must be at least as interesting as any other of the facts pertaining to his mental constitution. It would seem, therefore, that, as a psychologist, the natural thing for me would be to invite you to a descriptive survey of those religious propensities.
Here their peculiar propensities manifest themselves in making shibboleths of abstractions, in rationalizing and carrying to extremes certain ambitions which spring from the normal intercourse of men.
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving.
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
Use propensity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Propensity means An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction..
Common synonyms include proclivity, predisposition, predilection, propension.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He has a propensity for lengthy discussions of certain favorite topics.
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