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| NOUN | 1 | tendency, inclination, disposition | An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
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| 2 | tendency, leaning, propensity | An inclination to do something | |
| 3 | tendency, inclination | A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect | |
| 4 | tendency, trend | A general direction in which something tends to move |
| Sounds | teh'ndahnsiy |
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| Rhymes | absorbency, Ac / AC, accountancy, and 247 more rhymes in siy... |
| Meaning | An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others. |
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| Examples | "a tendency to be too strict" |
| Synonyms | inclination, disposition |
| Broader | attitude, mental attitude |
| Narrower | direction; drift, trend, movement; Call; denominationalism; devices; sympathy, understanding; favoritism, favouritism; proclivity, propensity, leaning; bent, set; literalism; perseveration; predisposition; favor, favour; disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval; partiality, partisanship; impartiality, nonpartisanship |
| Adjectives | tendentious, tendencious; tendentious, tendencious |
| Verbs | tend |
| Meaning | An inclination to do something. |
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| Synonyms | leaning, propensity |
| Broader | inclination |
| Verbs | tend |
| Meaning | A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect. |
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| Examples | "fabric with a tendency to shrink" |
| Synonyms | inclination |
| Broader | disposition |
| Narrower | buoyancy; electronegativity, negativity; stainability; desire |
| Meaning | A general direction in which something tends to move. |
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| Examples | "the shoreward tendency of the current" |
| Synonyms | trend |
| Broader | direction, way |
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