propension

[ pruh-pen-shuhn ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. propensity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of propension¹

1520–30; < Latin prōpēnsiōn- (stem of prōpēnsiō ) inclination. See propense, -ion

Example Sentences

Some, either from having been linked to vice by a natural propension or long practice, cannot see its deformity.

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It is said of Dr. Main, that his propension to innocent raillery was so great, that it kept him company even after death.

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This propension has drawn on him, tho' very unjustly, the censure of some grave men.

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You have the same propension, that I have, in favour of what is contiguous above what is remote.

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