propension

[ pruh-pen-shuh n ]

/ prəˈpɛn ʃən /

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noun Archaic.

Nearby words

propeller wash, propelling pencil, propend, propene, propense, propension, propensity, propenyl, propenyl group, propepsin, proper

Origin of propension

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

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Examples from the Web for propension

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
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