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predisposition - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | predisposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | willingness, inclination |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bias, choice, cup of tea*, dish*, disposition, flash, groove, leaning, likelihood, liking, option, partiality, penchant, predilection, preference, proclivity, propensity, susceptibility, tendency, thing*, type, weakness, druthers, potentiality, proneness |
| Antonyms: | disinclination, unwillingness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination; talent |
| Synonyms: | ability, aim, aptitude, bag*, disposition, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, knack, leaning, mind-set*, nose, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, set, tack, tendency, tilt, turn, druthers, head-set, inclining, thing for, weakness for |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | instinct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gut feeling, idea |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, faculty, feeling, funny feeling*, gift, gut reaction*, hunch, impulse, inclination, intuition, knack, know-how*, nose*, predisposition, proclivity, savvy*, sense, sentiment, sixth sense*, talent, tendency, urge |
| Antonyms: | knowledge, reason |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, bias |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, bent*, cup of tea*, disposition, drift, favor, favoritism, inclination, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, sentiment, taste, thing, weakness, inclining, mindset, proneness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | motivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ambition, inspiration |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, catalyst, desire, disposition, drive, encouragement, fire, gimmick, hunger, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitement, inclination, inducement, instigation, interest, kick*, motive, persuasion, predisposition, provocation, push, reason, right stuff*, spur, stimulus, suggestion, wish, actuation, get up and go, goose*, impulsion, incitation, predetermination |
| Antonyms: | depression, discouragement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | partiality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favoritism, fondness |
| Synonyms: | affinity, bias, cup of tea*, dish, flash, inclination, leaning, liking, love, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, taste, tendency, thing*, type, weakness, druthers, inclining, partisanship |
| Antonyms: | fairness, impartiality, justice, disinterest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penchant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fondness, inclination |
| Synonyms: | affection, affinity, attachment, bias, disposition, itch*, leaning, liking, partiality, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, taste, tendency, tilt*, turn*, weakness, yen, druthers, inclining, proneness |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred, indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preconception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea formed before event occurs or facts are received |
| Synonyms: | assumption, bias, delusion, illusion, inclination, notion, predisposition, prejudice, presumption, preconceived idea, prejudgment, prepossession, presupposition |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | predilection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, preference toward something |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bias, cup of tea*, dish*, fancy, flash, fondness, groove, leaning, liking, love, partiality, penchant, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, taste*, tendency, thing*, type, weakness, druthers, inclining, mindset, proneness |
| Notes: | a propensity is a tendency while a predilection is a partiality - thus, a propensity (from Latin meaning 'hanging toward') is a behavioral predisposition whereas a predilection is a personal characteristic (from Latin meaning 'choose or love before others') |
| Antonyms: | antipathy, dislike, hate, disinterest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proclivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, tendency |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bias, cup of tea*, disposition, facility, flash*, groove*, leaning, penchant, predilection, predisposition, propensity, type, weakness, druthers, inclining, liableness, proneness, thing for |
| Antonyms: | disinclination |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | propensity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, weakness |
| Synonyms: | ability, bent*, bias, capacity, competence, disposition, flash, leaning, liability, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, susceptibility, sweet tooth*, talent, tendency, thing*, tilt*, yen, aptness, inclining, proneness |
| Antonyms: | antipathy, disinclination, dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guessing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guesswork |
| Synonyms: | assuming, assumption, deduction, fancy, hunch, imagination, inference, opinion, predisposition, presuming, presumption, reckoning, speculation, supposition, surmise, guesswork, positing, postulating, theorizing |
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in one way; partiality |
| Synonyms: | bent, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind-set*, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tilt, turn, viewpoint, head-set, illiberality, mind trip, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, prepossession, proneness, unfairness |
| Antonyms: | fairness, impartiality, justness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal temperament |
| Synonyms: | bag*, being, bent, bias, cast, character, complexion, constitution, cup of tea*, flash, frame of mind, groove*, habit, humor, identity, inclination, individuality, leaning, mind-set*, mood, nature, penchant, personality, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, readiness, spirit, stamp, temper, tendency, tenor, thing*, tone, type, vein, druthers, emotions, individualism, make-up, proneness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, practice |
| Synonyms: | addiction, bent, bias, constitution, convention, custom, disposition, fashion, fixation, frame of mind*, gravitation, groove, inclination, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature*, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont, assuetude, consuetude, dependence, fixed attitude, habitude, hangup, impulsion, make-up, proneness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inclination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, bent |
| Synonyms: | affection, appetite, aptitude, attachment, attraction, bias, capability, capacity, cup of tea*, desire, disposition, drift, fancy, fondness, groove*, idiosyncrasy, impulse, leaning, liking, mind, movement, partiality, penchant, persuasion, pleasure, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, slant*, soft spot*, stomach*, susceptibility, taste, temperament, thing*, trend, turn*, type, urge, weakness, whim, will, wish, aptness, druthers, proneness, velleity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tendency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination to think or do in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | addiction, affection, bent*, bias, current, custom, disposition, drift, habit, impulse, leaning, liability, mind, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, readiness, run, set, shift, slant, susceptibility, temperament, thing*, trend, turn, type, usage, way*, weakness, inclining, mindset, proneness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | particular opinion |
| Synonyms: | angle, attitude, bias, direction, emphasis, judgment, leaning, outlook, point of view, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, sentiment, side, standpoint, view, viewpoint, one-sidedness, prepossession |
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, preference |
| Synonyms: | affection, appetite, attachment, bent*, comprehension, cup of tea*, desire, disposition, fancy, fondness, gusto, heart, leaning, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, relish, soft spot*, stomach*, tendency, thing*, type, understanding, weakness, zest, appetence, druthers, palate, prepossession |
| Antonyms: | disinclination, dislike, hate, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aptitude, knack |
| Synonyms: | affinity, bent, bias, bump, disposition, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, inclination, leaning, predisposition, propensity, talent, aptness |
| Antonyms: | inability |
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