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proclivity noun [ prəˈklɪvɪti ]

• a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing.
• "a proclivity for hard work"
Similar: liking, inclination, tendency, leaning, disposition, propensity, bent, bias, penchant, predisposition, predilection, partiality, preference, taste, fondness, weakness, proneness, velleity,
Origin: late 16th century: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis ‘inclined’, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + clivus ‘slope’.


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