propension
See also: propensión
English
editEtymology
editFrom French propension, and its source, Latin prōpēnsiō, from the participle stem of prōpendeō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpropension (plural propensions)
- (archaic) Propensity.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:predilection
- c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], signature D3, recto:
- But I aſſeſt the gods, your full conſent, / Gaue vvings to my propenſion, and cut off / All feares attending on ſo dire a proiect, […]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- As for me, my tast is strangely distasted to it's propensions, which in us are produced without the ordinance and direction of our judgement.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin prōpēnsiōnem (“penchant, inclination”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpropension f (plural propensions)
- propensity, proclivity
- Synonyms: disposition, inclination, penchant, tendance
Further reading
edit- “propension”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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