/proh kliv"i tee/ , n. , pl. proclivities .
natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
[ 1585-95; proclivitas tendency, lit., a steep descent, steepness, equiv. to procliv ( is ) sloping forward, steep ( pro- PRO- 1 + cliv ( us ) slope + -is adj. suffix) + -itas -ITY ]
Syn . bent, leaning, disposition.
Ant . aversion.