Look up: propensity


  1. Propensity
    Pro·pen'si·ty noun ; plural Propensities The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. 'A propensity to utter blasphemy.' Macaulay. Syn. -- Dispos...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/175

  2. propensity
    noun a disposition to behave in a certain way; `the aptness of iron to rust`; `the propensity of disease to spread`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=propensity

  3. Propensity
    • (n.) The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/propensity/

  4. propensity
    propensity 1. A tendency to demonstrate a particular behavior. 2. A natural inclination or tendency to behave in a certain way: 'She had a propensity to talk too much.' 3. A tendency towards a particular way of behaving; especially, a bad one. 4. Etymology: 'a disposition to favor', from propense...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1600/8

  5. Propensity
    The extent to which an economic agent is inclined to use income for a particular purpose, such as the (marginal or average) propensity to import, or propensity to consume, measured as the fraction of income (or of a change in income, if marginal) devoted to the activity.
    Found op http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/p.html

  6. propensity
    1. an inclination to do something
    2. a natural inclination
    3. a disposition to behave in a certain way

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  7. Propensity
    (Lat. propensio, from propendere, to hang forth) A term used to designate a mental appetite or desire. See Appetition. Hume applied the term to the tendency of the mind to pass from one to the other of two associated ideas. -- L.W.
    Found op http://www.ditext.com/runes/p.html

  8. propensity
    1) Affinity 2) Bent 3) Inclination 4) Leaning 5) Penchant 6) Predisposition 7) Tendency
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/propensity/1

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