propensity
pronunciation
How to pronounce propensity in British English:
UK [prəˈpensəti]
How to pronounce propensity in American English:
US [prəˈpensəti]
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- Noun:
- an inclination to do something
- a natural inclination
- a disposition to behave in a certain way
Word Origin
- propensity (n.)
- 1560s, "disposition to favor," with -ty + obsolete adjective propense "inclined, prone" (1520s), from Latin propensus, past participle of propendere "incline to, hang forward, hang down, weigh over," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + pendere "hang" (see pendant).
Example
- 1. But statement does not concern the average propensity to consume .
- 2. Individuals , companies and some governments have continued their propensity to save .
- 3. It would be too simplistic to put all of this down to a cultural propensity to defer to bullying corporate bosses .
- 4. What maintains the genetic propensity for the trait ?
- 5. It highlights the propensity of juries to award huge damages in intellectual-property disputes .