How To Use Proclivity In A Sentence
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A final point concerns my proclivity in this essay to reach for South African examples to illuminate distributive politics in the United States.
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It doesn't imply a value judgement of the proclivity to admit candidly that these are deviancies, and so-called "asexuality" is even more deviant, even more fundamentally at odds with basic human norms far more so than the two just listed.
"It's hard to imagine what would push me to having sex. I'm not afraid of sex, it's just not something I want to do."
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Moreover, it has appeared that different species show a tendency to variability in special directions, and probably in different degrees, and that at any rate Mr. Darwin himself concedes the existence of an internal barrier to change when he credits the goose with "a singularly inflexible organization;" also, that he admits the presence of an _internal_ proclivity to change when he speaks of "a whole organization seeming to have become plastic, and tending to depart from the parental type.
On the Genesis of Species
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His English was no longer revered; now even the public-school English teacher seemed ashamed of his proclivity for the foreign language.
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Yet an action that affects other people is always, by definition, a moral issue, regardless of whether the actor chooses the proclivity to engage in it.
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And there is no evidence that the holding of liberal views on sexual matters correlates with a proclivity towards the sexual abuse of minors.
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The Iranians have shown a long-time proclivity to open fire on neutral shipping and even other warships, over the course of the last 25 years.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity
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There is therefore a proclivity to look towards the North-west for the veepee.
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I am afflicted with a proclivity for self-criticism whereby every blemish is revealed in all its unredeemed ugliness.
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Interest, a psychologic proclivity with consciousness trait, also serves as a numen for young children to acquire extraneous information and to explore the veiled things in the world.
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Given Bush's proclivity for hockey style nicknames, don't you guys think its apodictically certain he called Wolfowitz "Wolfie"?
Archive 2007-05-01
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Interest, a psychologic proclivity with consciousness trait, also serves as a numen for young children to acquire extraneous information and to explore the veiled things in the world.
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Too many people associate Muslims with terrorists, that is, a proclivity to violence or people who are not patriotic to this country," Al-Qatami said.
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There is a digital trail of interest left by customers, " said Sheldon Gilbert, Proclivity's chief executive and founder.
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Posturing seems to be the main proclivity of our right wing today.
Standing Pat
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Intriguingly, she found that the students with the rightward bias also tended to score higher on a measure of novelty seeking - a proclivity to look for thrills and new rewarding experiences.
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The idea was clients can filter for category heaviness (always a good idea, due to the 20/80 rule which Norton had discovered – the heavies are a small group accounting for the lion's share of the dollars) and then pick homes with a slight proclivity to buy the client's brand.
"Whom Should I Be Targeting?": Revisiting an Important Question - Bill Harvey - MediaBizBloggers
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I mean, I don't believe you inherit these conditions per se, but you inherit a slight proclivity towards them.
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This guy, the "gamer", repeatedly got in his partners' faces and loudly proclaimed his proclivity for pwning people.
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Would one seriously argue that a student who showed early proclivity for mathematics should be the last one who should get a career as a mathematician.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Self-Pity of Elena Kagan
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‘Our research shows that there is a clear correlation between experience and proclivity to buy,’ he said.
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Personally I have a proclivity to be ecstatic, but it's interesting, my studies have studied the most ‘sober’.
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A barrier of cultural differences between American and Islamic societies blocks the American soldier's proclivity to connect with alien societies.
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Even if one abides by the rules, the prospect of getting hit looms large, for there are any number of people who have a proclivity for reckless driving.
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During his interview with the AP after the team's morning shootaround, Bryant would not answer a follow-up question on his self-described stubbornness and proclivity to hold a grudge, and how those qualities have remained constants during his maturation from a teenage NBA rookie into an eight-year veteran.
USATODAY.com - Bryant finally speaks, ending 11-day silence
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With a slap-happy attitude to hygiene, and a proclivity towards being ‘influenced’ by others, the sign is traditionally associated with scabies, lice and skin infections caused by contamination.
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All of these things independently contribute to Redfern's crime problems and all of them also contribute to the proclivity amongst young people in Redfern to use drugs.
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You left out race, gender and sexual proclivity which is the heart of every liberal action.
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This proclivity is constant; the normal interphalangeal articulation is an incomplete ginglymoid joint and while its dorso-volar diameter is great, this in no wise compensates for its disproportionately narrow transverse diameter.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
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It is a ‘feminist proclivity,’ they write, ‘to astonish by presenting what previously remained not only unseen but unlooked for in mainstream culture.’
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Perhaps our culture should change in such a way that people have a much greater proclivity to think clearly and consistently within the framework of a well-defined value system accepted by everyone.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Welfare Evaluation, Behavioral Agents and Rational Agents
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My rationale for preparing so detailed a schema rests on (a) my proclivity to divagate and lose focus, (2) the high valuation I put on transitions and continuity, and (iii) the importance of strong, clear, explicit thesis sentences for an audience to orient itself.
Akma
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There has been enough mockery in the Western media concerning the proclivity of Chinese people to create counterfeit Western goods.
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Or perhaps the two of them share a certain proclivity for denial in the face of evidence and facts.
Obama's nominee for Office of Legal Counsel: pregnancy is slavery
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The system, at this point, demonstrates a strong proclivity to monetize rising prices - inflation begetting higher inflation.
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Adam had always shown much more proclivity for curling up in his father's lap near a warm fire and listening to a good story than for tromping through snowdrifts.
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We were neither of us womanish, and despite his proclivity to wear clothes dangerously close to the dandy set he was a hard sportsman.
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But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.
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Tina always had a slight proclivity for sermonizing, but a chapter in Ecclesiastes, coming from little preachers with lips and eyes like hers, is generally acceptable.
Oldtown Folks
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Natalie Angier weighs in on the human proclivity for cursing in a lengthy essay in the NYT: "The Jacobean dramatist Ben Jonson peppered his plays with fackings and "peremptorie Asses," and Shakespeare could hardly quill a stanza without inserting profanities of the day like "zounds" or "sblood
Science Project
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What does that say about our own friendships and our unfortunate proclivity to ignore people who are not similar?
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The etymology of the word proclivity is ironically appropriate for this flavor of usage.
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My advice, if you permit, would be to consider avoiding succumbing to the natural human proclivity towards racism or even "revanchist" actions (for past, historically racist transgressions made by other groups - which you call "whites") and thereby refraining from posting entries - using strong language - just against any other outside groups indiscriminately, without solid considerations ...
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The one reliable prediction you can make about any group of human beings is that one or two will have a proclivity to cut corners, accept a bribe or be ready to pursue a dishonourable means to achieve their end.
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Where circumstances are favorable, this proclivity is apt to express itself in a certain servile devotional fervor and a punctilious attention to devout observances; it may perhaps be better characterized as devoutness than as religion.
The theory of the leisure class; an economic study of institutions
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The German proclivity towards deep motifs is at least partially attributable to the use of water-powered cutting wheels.
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And underneath everything is a proclivity toward epic storytelling - even if one is not always sure exactly what the story is.
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In his encyclical on ecumenism, Pope Paul II speaks of the need to overcome our exclusiveness, our reluctance to forgive, our pride, our presumptuous disdain, and our unevangelical proclivity to condemn the other side.
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Certainly, we can make a very plausible argument that Mr. McCain has, when politically pressured, shown a proclivity to distort our Constitution in matters that have profound, perdurable implications.
Challenging John McCain - Erick’s blog - RedState
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The one reliable prediction you can make about any group of human beings is that one or two will have a proclivity to cut corners, accept a bribe or be ready to pursue a dishonourable means to achieve their end.
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Sexual proclivity, especially one that is not acted on, does not necessarily entail a loss of impulse control.
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I have heard him speak, he has a strong proclivity for the elocutionary department, a strong voice, and great enthusiasm.
Archive 2008-06-01
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There is a perception that men have this proclivity to shine when it comes to break-dancing, and the women doing it are just scraping by.
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The last two features created an inelastic currency; seasonal pressures in the money market; and a proclivity to financial panics, bank runs, and suspension of payments.
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She should know things inside out, and besides," Daddy said, `she seems to have a proclivity toward mechanical things.
WEB OF DREAMS
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The child showed no proclivity towards aggression.
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Now there was added a proclivity to emulate the scale of French colonial rule.
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With a slap-happy attitude to hygiene, and a proclivity towards being ‘influenced’ by others, the sign is traditionally associated with scabies, lice and skin infections caused by contamination.
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But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.
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The great Asian proclivity for thinking in terms of the long arc of history is absent in North Korea, the only country in east Asia whose leaders have no strategic vision for the long term.
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Alarmingly, QE has brought forth a new brinkmanship gambling upon the proclivity of foreign investors to not divest their investment in our Treasury securities.
Patrick Yam: Epiphinal Economic Times
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he has a proclivity for exaggeration