Differences between propensity, predilection and proclivity Proclivity: natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness So while propensity and proclivity are close synonyms, and interchangeable, predilection means something different, and should not be used as a synonym
What is the difference between inclination and its varieties? What is the difference between tendency - propensity - disposition - inclination - proclivity? Propensity seems to be a 'natural' inclination, i e "Man has the propensity to be selfish", and
What is the origin of the expression A Mexican standoff? Several sources I have found suggest that the “Mexican” modifier in the phrase refers to a supposed proclivity of 19th century Mexican “bandits” for running away from a fair fight
Whats the word or phrase for how ones bodys health or behavior is . . . Dictionaries tend to define proclivity as the fact that someone likes something or likes to do something, especially something considered morally wrong but there are 1,670 hits in Google Books for the collocation proclivity to disease - hardly morally wrong, and certainly nothing that anyone would like to have In light of that, I think it's quite reasonable to use [personal
What is the meaning of latent potential? [closed] A first stab at the (adjectival) meanings, which you reasonably outline, might suggest that they are the same, that they are synonymous, describing something that will be revealed once certain conditions are satisfied For example, we have: potential = possible when the necessary conditions exist: Cambridge dictionary and latent = present but needing particular conditions to become active
single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 0 I think it would be a person who is considered to be Clever and sensible Even by their own admission!the word I would use is proclivity ie He or she has a proclivity to a deep understanding
An adjective for a person who is looking for problems How would you describe a person who " is looking for problems " with one adjective? Examples: "A person who purposefully does something unnecessary for a particular reason (i e curiosity?), from which they won't get any joy or profit, but which might start an argument or cause problems complications " Elaboration: Imagine the situation when you are in the underground parking lot, where places
etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Elaboration is hardly necessary here All hits on the first page of Google results for Masoch identify the dude in question Doubtless all those pages will flag up the sexual proclivity, if you want to dig that deep