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predisposition
[ pree-dis-puh-zish-uhn, pree-dis- ]
noun
- the fact or condition of being predisposed:
a predisposition to think optimistically.
- Medicine/Medical. tendency to a condition or quality, usually based on the combined effects of genetic and environmental factors.
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- pre·dispo·sition·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of predisposition1
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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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