proclivity
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin pro (“toward”) + clivus (“a slope”).
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proclivity (plural proclivities)
- A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially refers to a strong disposition or bent.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 16
- This therefore was the reason why the still comparatively young though dissolute man who now addressed Stephen was spoken of by some with facetious proclivities as Lord John Corley.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 16
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A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection