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- [proh-kliv-i-tee]
- /proʊˈklɪv ɪ ti/
- /prəˈklɪv.ɪ.ti/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [proh-kliv-i-tee]
- /proʊˈklɪv ɪ ti/
Definitions of proclivity word
- noun plural proclivity natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness. 1
- noun proclivity tendency, inclination 1
- countable noun proclivity A proclivity is a tendency to behave in a particular way or to like a particular thing, often a bad way or thing. 0
- noun proclivity a tendency or inclination 0
- noun proclivity a natural or habitual tendency or inclination, esp. toward something discreditable 0
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Origin of proclivity
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
1585-95; < Latin prōclīvitās tendency, literally, a steep descent, steepness, equivalent to prōclīv(is) sloping forward, steep (prō- pro-1 + clīv(us) slope + -is adj. suffix) + -itās -ity
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Parts of speech for Proclivity
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
proclivity popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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proclivity usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for proclivity
noun proclivity
- appetite — Your appetite is your desire to eat.
- aptitude — Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well.
- attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
- bent — Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
- bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
verb proclivity
- jaundice — Also called icterus. Pathology. yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis. Compare physiologic jaundice.
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