tendency

noun

1 his tendency to take the law into his own hands:

propensity, proclivity, proneness, aptness, likelihood, inclination, disposition, predisposition, bent, leaning, penchant, predilection, susceptibility, liability;

readiness;

habit.

2 this tendency towards cohabitation:

trend, movement, drift, swing, gravitation;

orientation, bias;

direction, course, tide, turn.

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