propension
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of propension
1520–30; < Latin prōpēnsiōn- (stem of prōpēnsiō ) inclination. See propense, -ion
Example Sentences
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The harshness of a stepmother, and her own indulged propension to vice, cast her headlong into the greatest disorders.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
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 John (of Wamphray) Brown
And I may add, that the sweet gratification I feel, in the indulging the strongest and best propension of my nature, in thus expatiating in its praise, is true pleasure, true happiness.
From An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of our Ideas of Beauty, etc. by James L. Clifford
He had a strong propension for poetry, and has favoured the world with many performances much applauded.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV by Theophilus Cibber
There is properly no simplicity in it at one time, nor identity in different, whatever natural propension we may have to imagine that simplicity and identity.
From Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Thomas Henry Huxley
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