proclivity

• "He's a winged centaur, a unique species Well, you don't think they want him for his proclivity, do you His what His bent, disposition, inclination, penchant, propensity," she said, annoyed. —  Volk
• Charlotte Armstrong (August 17, 1950) is not sure “The Enemy” (May, 1951) is a better title than “Before Dark” for her first-prize winner but will go with it if Fred, whose title-changing proclivity was legend, likes it. —  Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 2005
• His mind was sufficiently strong to make him respectable in any profession he might have chosen; but his proclivity, mentally, was for arms—he loved to direct and control. —  The Memories of Fifty Years
• For Nigeria to have massive development of official and residential property in such an area shows our propensity for lawlessness, a misguided tendency to display our ill-gotten wealth in a manner that advertises our ignorance of sociology, geography as well as our proclivity for unbridled philistinism. —  Vanguard News
• Despite a lack by many in the straight community to foster an interest in showtunes or an unfettered sexual proclivity - does that automatically lead us to assume the straight community isn't worth an investment of our time?

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