propension

American  

[pruh-pen-shuhn] / prəˈpɛn ʃən /

noun

Archaic.

1. propensity.

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Etymology

Origin of propension

1520–30; < Latin prōpēnsiōn- (stem of prōpēnsiō ) inclination. See propense, -ion

Example Sentences

But her most prevailing propension was to poetry.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV by Cibber, Theophilus

Twould be rare Could you perswade me to't, I can find No such propension in my selfe; beware Least in this wildnes you ingage your heart To one cannot accept it.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

But with all their propension to learning and their love of philosophy, they were primarily and fundamentally religious—they were disciples of Christ rather than disciples of Plato and Plotinus.

From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Jones, Rufus Matthew

This transition from potentiality to actuality must be through the medium of such principles as propension or free will, because propension or free will possess in themselves the power of originating motion in other things.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

Hence it is, that we have such a strong propension to errors and mistakes: Whether, 1.

From Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by Brown, John (of Wamphray)