English > tendency: 4 senses > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others. |
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| Example | "a tendency to be too strict" |
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| Synonyms | inclination, disposition |
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| Narrower | Call | A special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course |
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| bent, set | A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way |
| denominationalism | The tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations |
| devices | An inclination or desire / desire |
| direction | A general course along which something has a tendency to develop |
| disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval | An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group |
| drift, trend, movement | A general tendency to change (as of opinion) |
| favor, favour | An inclination to approve / approve |
| favoritism, favouritism | An inclination to favor some person or group |
| impartiality, nonpartisanship | An inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally |
| literalism | A disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense |
| partiality, partisanship | An inclination to favor / favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives |
| perseveration | The tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it |
| predisposition | An inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way |
| proclivity, propensity, leaning | A natural inclination |
| sympathy, understanding | An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion |
| Broader | attitude, mental attitude | A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways / ways |
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| Spanish | inclinación, predisposición, propensión, tendencia |
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| Catalan | inclinació, tendència |
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| Adjectives | tendentious, tendencious | having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one |
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| Verbs | tend | have a tendency or disposition to do or be something |
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