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noun, plural -ties.
natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
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Proclivity
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So is provisional. Does it mean:
| anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex |
| providing or serving for the time being only |
Example Sentences
- His proclivity for gaining weight became a topic of public discussion.
- In time, he made his art out of this proclivity.
- The name signifies their proclivity toward global worldviews and individualistic opinions.
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proclivity
1591, from L. proclivitatem (nom. proclivitas) "a tendency, propensity," from proclivis "prone to," lit. "sloping," from pro- "forward" + clivus "a slope," from PIE *klei-wo-, suffixed form of *klei "to lean" (see lean (v.)).
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