English-Thai Dictionary

propensity

N ความโน้มเอียง  kwam-nom-iang

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROPENSITY

Pro *pen "si *ty, n.; pl. Propensities (.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy. " Macaulay.

 

Syn. -- Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness; bent; tendency.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

propensity

pro pen si ty |prəˈpensətē prəˈpɛnsədi | ▶noun ( pl. propensities ) an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way: a propensity for violence | [ with infinitive ] : their innate propensity to attack one another. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from archaic propense (from Latin propensus ‘inclined, ’ past participle of propendere, from pro- ‘forward, down ’ + pendere ‘hang ’) + -ity .

 

Oxford Dictionary

propensity

pro |pen ¦sity |prəˈpɛnsɪti | ▶noun ( pl. propensities ) an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way: his propensity for violence | [ with infinitive ] : their innate propensity to attack one another. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from archaic propense (from Latin propensus ‘inclined ’, past participle of propendere, from pro- ‘forward, down ’ + pendere ‘hang ’) + -ity .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

propensity

propensity noun his propensity for giving long speeches: tendency, inclination, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, readiness, liability, disposition, leaning, weakness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

propensity

propensity noun her propensity to jump to conclusions | his propensity for accidents: tendency, inclination, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, readiness, susceptibility, liability, disposition; aptness, penchant, leaning, predilection, bent, habit, weakness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

propensity

pro pen si ty /prəpénsəti /名詞 複 -ties C ｟かたく ｠ «特に好ましくないことへの /…する » (生まれつきの )性癖, 傾向 «for , to , toward /to do , for do ing » .