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Propension
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Propension
PROPEN'SION
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propension
propension
See also: propensión
English
Noun
propension (plural propensions)
- (now rare) Propensity.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.8:
- As for me, my tast is strangely distasted to it's propensions, which in us are produced without the ordinance and direction of our judgement.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.8:
French
Etymology
From Latin propensio (penchant, inclination).
Noun
propension f (plural propensions)
Synonyms
References
- “propension” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).