propension

[ pruh-pen-shuhn ]

nounArchaic.

Origin of propension

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

Some, either from having been linked to vice by a natural propension or long practice, cannot see its deformity.
The Essays of Montaigne, Complete | Michel de Montaigne
It is said of Dr. Main, that his propension to innocent raillery was so great, that it kept him company even after death.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) | Theophilus Cibber
This propension has drawn on him, tho' very unjustly, the censure of some grave men.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) | Theophilus Cibber
You have the same propension, that I have, in favour of what is contiguous above what is remote.
A Treatise of Human Nature | David Hume

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