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predisposition

[ pree-dis-puh-zish-uhn, pree-dis- ]

noun

  1. the fact or condition of being predisposed:

    a predisposition to think optimistically.

  2. Medicine/Medical. tendency to a condition or quality, usually based on the combined effects of genetic and environmental factors.


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Other Words From

  • pre·dispo·sition·al adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of predisposition1

First recorded in 1615–25; pre- + disposition

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Example Sentences

“In general, loneliness is more a personal predisposition than an objective social condition,” he said.

He flatly stated that sexual orientation is a matter of biological predisposition.

Basso said Alleman had a genetic predisposition for cardiac problems, as both of his parents died of heart attacks in their 50s.

When was the first time I realized this was beyond a predisposition to anxiety?

But his ideological predisposition matters less than budgetary reality.

For what less than disease can we call a necessity of error and a predisposition to sin and sickness?

But the good man's plans could not prevail against his nephew's predisposition for the land.

This statement may be interpreted to refer to a predisposition rather than to an inherited characteristic.

It cannot be disputed that man bears within himself, in his personality, a predisposition for divinity.

Hence, especially if there be any pre-existing uterine disease, or a predisposition thereto, miscarriage is a serious thing.

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