noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ clear , great , marked , pronounced , strong
▪ slight
▪ greater , growing , increased , increasing
▪
There's a growing ~ for women to marry later.
▪ broad , common , general
▪ inbuilt ( esp. BrE ), inherent , innate , natural , underlying
▪ human
▪
our natural human ~ to group all the things we don't like together
▪ alarming , dangerous , unfortunate , worrying
▪
The later model has an unfortunate ~ to collapse after a few weeks' use.
▪ contradictory
▪ centrifugal
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The civil war reinforced the centrifugal tendencies at work within the economy.
▪ aggressive , destructive , homicidal , psychopathic , suicidal , violent
▪ artistic , criminal , etc.
▪
He displayed artistic tendencies at an early age.
▪ homosexual , lesbian
VERB + TENDENCY
▪ have
▪ display , exhibit , reflect , reveal , show
▪ increase , reinforce
▪ curb , reduce
▪ overcome , resist
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ among
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a worrying ~ among the abused to become abusers
▪ ~ for
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There is a ~ for farm sizes to increase.
▪ ~ on the part of
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The ~ on the part of the children is to blame their parents for everything.
▪ ~ towards/toward
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Industry showed a ~ towards/toward increasingly centralized administration.