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UK
/pɹəpˈɛnsɪti/
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[ US /pɹəˈpɛnsɪti/ ]
[ US /pɹəˈpɛnsɪti/ ]
NOUN
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a disposition to behave in a certain way
the aptness of iron to rust
the propensity of disease to spread -
a natural inclination
he has a proclivity for exaggeration -
an inclination to do something
he felt leanings toward frivolity
How To Use propensity In A Sentence
- Our birthright is the propensity to dream, dance, and evolve. - Boing Boing
- The Brits, with their propensity for schoolboy humour and scatology, deal with the subject by uproarious laughter.
- First, peoples' idea affects their propensity to save and consume and invest, and difference attitude on risk, which are impacted on the economic situation.
- The very same natural propensity to be communal and socially cohesive, makes us aggressive to outsiders. Times, Sunday Times
- The propensity for people enriched by capital gains to borrow and spend is gradually diminishing.
- Fracture is determined not only by the propensity to fall but also by the underlying fragility of the bone.
- Combine these qualities of self-denial and there is a propensity for deep unhappiness.
- The market's latest surge and its propensity to reverse every attempt at an intraday selloff show how investors have become more daring, raising the risk of a near-term stumble as complacency grows. The Economic Times
- Valley, which he thought would have the highest propensity to adopt online shopping. Times, Sunday Times
- There was a propensity of employees to neglect the medical needs of teens, sometimes calling them fakers.