proclivity
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8.5
- noun
- /prəˈklɪvɪti/
- His proclivity for excessive spending often puts him in financial difficulties.
- proclivity for guilt
- sexual proclivity
- strong proclivity
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Watch on YouTubeWhat's the connection of this desire for power and our proclivity for violence?
- What's the connection of this desire for power and our proclivity for violence?
- You know, people just have a natural proclivity for that.
- She, I think she has, for whatever reason, a more natural proclivity towards anxiety.
- Given my proclivities for screwing up electronics, go get your own.
- It varies so much depending on our temperaments, our proclivities.
- Maybe the Epicureans are better to fit you and your proclivities.
- So how do you advise people to combat that human proclivity?
- And everyone has this proclivity to some degree as they're deeply self-conscious and uncertain.
- And that varies from child to child depending on some of their underlying issues or proclivities or or mental health predispositions.
- You know, the thing we really got to be concerned about is people with, you know, just just just undiagnosable random violent proclivities.
- He had a very strange proclivity, very strange proclivity.
- Do some people have a proclivity where they don't get carb full?
Examples
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Rehabilitation is the reduction of an offender's proclivity to reoffend through treatment.
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We don't know their temperament or their proclivities.
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But some people are just born with the proclivity to do certain things.
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But you know, you have to have a rule breaking proclivity in order to manage that.
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That sort of particular proclivity in human nature was set free to do its best and its worst.
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Most kids show proclivity at five or six.
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And I also have a proclivity towards depression.
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You have to know enough about your audiences and their proclivities in order to reach them.
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And everyone has this proclivity to some degree as they're deeply self-conscious and uncertain.
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Naomi Schor has written at length about what she sees as Emma's proclivity for writing.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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2.8
A usual way of behaving, thinking, or changing
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4.2
A natural tendency to want or choose something
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8.2
A strong liking for something you do often
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7.3
A natural tendency to behave in a certain way
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3.3
A strong liking for something that may be bad for you
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8.4
A strong liking for something, like a type of food or music
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7.1
A tendency to think or behave in a certain way because of past experiences
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3.4
A tendency to prefer one idea or activity
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7.0
A natural tendency to act or learn in a certain way
Antonyms
How Strong
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8.2
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7.3
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8.5
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2.8
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4.2
7
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
proclivity = pro + cliv + ity
The word is analyzable as pro- + cliv- + -ity and the meaning 'tendency' relates to the notion of 'leaning', but the combining form 'cliv' (and no obvious English base like 'clivity') is not a productive standalone word for most learners, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Proclivity comes from Latin parts pro- meaning 'forward' and clivus meaning 'slope' or 'lean', so imagine someone naturally leaning down a slope. A proclivity is a natural 'lean' toward a way of behaving or a liking, often for something bad.