Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A natural propensity or inclination; predisposition. See Synonyms at predilection.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.
- n. Readiness; facility of learning.
- n. Synonyms Bent, bias, predisposition, aptitude, turn (for).
Wiktionary
- n. A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially refers to a strong disposition or bent.
GNU Webster's 1913
WordNet 3.0
- n. a natural inclination
Etymologies
- From Latin prōclīvitās, from pro ("toward") + clīvus ("a slope, hill"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin prōclīvitās, from prōclīvis, inclined : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + clīvus, slope; see klei- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Or perhaps the two of them share a certain proclivity for denial in the face of evidence and facts.”
Obama's nominee for Office of Legal Counsel: pregnancy is slavery
“Posturing seems to be the main proclivity of our right wing today.”
“Too many people associate Muslims with terrorists, that is, a proclivity to violence or people who are not patriotic to this country," Al-Qatami said.”
“You left out race, gender and sexual proclivity which is the heart of every liberal action.”
“Perhaps our culture should change in such a way that people have a much greater proclivity to think clearly and consistently within the framework of a well-defined value system accepted by everyone.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Welfare Evaluation, Behavioral Agents and Rational Agents
“Would one seriously argue that a student who showed early proclivity for mathematics should be the last one who should get a career as a mathematician.”
“The Iranians have shown a long-time proclivity to open fire on neutral shipping and even other warships, over the course of the last 25 years.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity
“Alarmingly, QE has brought forth a new brinkmanship gambling upon the proclivity of foreign investors to not divest their investment in our Treasury securities.”
“Add to that: Weak relationships with key Asian partners, a pricey but failed marketing effort and a proclivity for embarrassing verbal gaffes by Bartz.”
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“The cynic in me emerged and I sent back the following reply: I highly recommend the short e-book, 'Three Cups of Deceit' by Jon Krakauer about Mortensen and his proclivity for self-aggrandizing fiction.”
The Huffington Post: Christian Piatt: Three Cups Of Lies: How Much Do Facts Matter?
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Test Prep or Just for fun
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Interesting words
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2nd part
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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From reading
Collected from reading
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apjoseph's words
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Remember
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dharma66's list
words that pique my interest either by meaning, pronunciation, or spelling, and words that otherwise tickle my fancy!!
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My preparation
for GRE ofcourse
exonerate, incipient, disparate, morbid, engross, ebullient, predilection, propensity, allure, qualms, chastise, perpetuate and 111 more...
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my GRE words
pedant, wizened, histrionic, logorrhea, frenetic, approbation, quibble, knell, acclivity, droog, prevarication, aplomb and 182 more...
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SAT Vocab
Redundant.
problematic, proclivity, prodigal, prodigious, prodigy, profane, profligate, profound, profusion, proliferation, prolific, prologue and 455 more...
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