PROPENSION

Meaning of PROPENSION in English

-nchən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Latin propension-, propensio, from propensus (past participle of propendēre ) + -ion-, -io -ion

archaic : propensity

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PROPENSION — n natural inclination, bent, propensity
Interlingua English vocab
PROPENSION — (n.) The quality or state of being propense; propensity.
Английский словарь Webster
PROPENSION — ( n. ) The quality or state of being propense; propensity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PROPENSION — /preuh pen"sheuhn/ , n. Archaic. propensity. [ 1520-30; propension- (s. of propensio ) inclination. See PROPENSE, -ION ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PROPENSION — noun the quality or state of being propense; propensity.
Webster English vocab
PRONENESS — (n.) Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.
Английский словарь Webster
IMPULSE — (n.) A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of …
Английский словарь Webster
DISPOSITION — (n.) Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
Английский словарь Webster
DISPOSE — (v. t.) To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind …
Английский словарь Webster
PRONENESS — ( n. ) Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
IMPULSE — ( n. ) A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISPOSITION — ( n. ) Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISPOSE — ( v. t. ) To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRONENESS — noun descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill. 2. proneness ·noun the state of lying with the face down; …
Webster English vocab
IMPULSE — vt to impel; to incite. 2. impulse ·noun the effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or …
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DISPOSITION — noun mood; humor. 2. disposition ·noun conscious inclination; propension or propensity. 3. disposition ·noun natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament …
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DISPOSE — vi to bargain; to make terms. 2. dispose ·noun disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control. 3. dispose ·noun …
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PENCHANT — n. [ Fr. ] Inclination, bent, propensity, proneness, proclivity, disposition, tendency, turn, leaning, predisposition, liking, fondness, predilection, taste, bias, propension.
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Webster's New International English Dictionary

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