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proclivity

[ proh-kliv-i-tee ]

noun

plural proclivities.
  1. natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition:

    a proclivity to meticulousness.

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proclivity

/ 辫谤蓹藞办濒瑟惫瑟迟瑟 /

noun

  1. a tendency or inclination
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of proclivity1

1585鈥95; < Latin 辫谤艒肠濒墨惫颈迟腻蝉 tendency, literally, a steep descent, steepness, equivalent to 辫谤艒肠濒墨惫 ( is ) sloping forward, steep ( 辫谤艒- pro- 1 + 肠濒墨惫 ( us ) slope + -is adj. suffix) + -颈迟腻蝉 -ity
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of proclivity1

C16: from Latin 辫谤艒肠濒墨惫颈迟腻蝉, from 辫谤艒肠濒墨惫is steep, from pro- 1+ 肠濒墨惫us a slope
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Trump has shown a proclivity for enacting tariffs 鈥 and then suddenly reversing course.

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She also could not have seriously been talking to any other queer person with a proclivity for our community in Chicago.

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Partly autobiographical 鈥 Cox herself grew up in Mobile 鈥 鈥淐lean Slate鈥 imagines a world where a curmudgeon like Harry would have just as hard a time with Desiree鈥檚 vegetarian proclivities as with her gender identity.

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It added that allegations the company had knowingly employed "individuals with proclivities or histories towards illegal... conduct" were "similarly without basis".

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I鈥檝e also become the person I imagined when I was 4, Raspberry Glace in hand: someone whose relationship with lip wear is a product of lifestyle, a mature proclivity rather than an amateur desire.

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