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Webster 1913 Edition
Proclivity
Pro-cliv′i-ty
,Noun.
[L.
proclivitas
: cf. F. proclivité
.] 1.
Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.
“A proclivity to steal.” Abp. Bramhall.
2.
Readiness; facility; aptitude.
He had such a dexterous
proclivity
as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Proclivity
PROCLIV'ITY
,Noun.
1.
Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. The sensitive appetite may engender a proclivity to steal, but not a necessity to steal.
2.
Readiness; facility of learning. He had such a dexterous proclivity, that his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness.
Definition 2024
proclivity
proclivity
English
Noun
proclivity (plural proclivities)
- A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 16
- This therefore was the reason why the still comparatively young though dissolute man who now addressed Stephen was spoken of by some with facetious proclivities as Lord John Corley.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 16
Synonyms
Translations
A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection