inclination
noun
a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference.
inclinations
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pluralof inclination.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Feroli expects Warsh will make the case for rate cuts this year, but flagged the chance that Warsh's inclinations might be "more open to revision" later on, especially after the US midterm elections this year.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
In the modern era, those values were visible in daily life as the shah’s White Revolution brought Western inclinations to the fore.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2026
A lot is riding on the economic-policy inclinations of the victors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
The parents at home didn’t share their children’s political inclinations.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025
Other hobgoblins were the brainchildren of self-proclaimed experts who cooked up idiosyncratic theories of how language ought to behave, usually with a puritanical undercurrent in which people’s natural inclinations must be a form of dissoluteness.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
