Definition for Proclivity:

• An inclining forwards: tendency: inclination: aptitude.

Synonyms for Proclivity:

• n.

  •
  • like,
  • ritual,
  • way of life,
  • turn,
  • cast,
  • as is someone's wont,
  • squint,
  • take to,
  • common practice,
  • routine,
  • custom,
  • approach,
  • daily life.
  •appetite (noun)
  • zeal,
  • Gluttonies,
  • gluttony,
  • big eyes.
  •attitude (noun)
  • stance,
  • headsets,
  • mindtrip,
  • say so,
  • head-set,
  • like it is,
  • where one is at,
  • headset,
  • Philosophies,
  • notion.
  •bent (noun)
  • facility,
  • proneness,
  • druthers,
  • thing for,
  • weakness for,
  • flair,
  • forte.
  •bias (noun)
  • narrowmindednesses,
  • in tolerances,
  • pre conception,
  • pre conceptions,
  • un fairness,
  • mind trips,
  • pre-conceptions,
  • in-tolerance,
  • in-tolerances,
  • pre-conception,
  • un-fairnesses,
  • un fairnesses,
  • un-fairness,
  • in tolerance.
  •cognition (noun)
  • proclivity.
  •course, route (noun)
  • direction(s).
  •desire (noun)
  • lustfulness,
  • salacity,
  • doting,
  • libidinousness,
  • salacities,
  • prurience,
  • pruriency.
  •direction (noun)
  • that-a-way,
  • region,
  • point of compass.
  •disposition (noun)
  • cup tea,
  • dis position,
  • dis positions,
  • make ups,
  • dis-position,
  • dis-positions.
  •faculty (noun)
  • what it take,
  • what take,
  • knowing way arounds,
  • what takes.
  •habit (noun)
  • Assuetude,
  • fixed attitude,
  • wonts,
  • impulsion,
  • obsession,
  • impulsions,
  • Habits,
  • hangup.
  •predisposition (noun)
  • pre dispositions,
  • pre-disposition,
  • pre disposition,
  • pre-dispositions.
  •tendency (noun)
  • aptness,
  • polarity,
  • affinity,
  • temperament,
  • trend,
  • course,
  • grain.
  •twist (noun)
  • re-velation,
  • screw ups,
  • sur prise,
  • sur prises,
  • screw-ups,
  • sur-prise,
  • sur-prises,
  • re velation,
  • re-velations,
  • re velations.
  •weakness (noun)
  • invalidity,
  • vitiation,
  • inconstancies,
  • chink in armor,
  • weak point,
  • invalidities,
  • sore point,
  • faintness,
  • powerlessness,
  • inconstancy.
  •weak point (noun)
  • weak-point.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • character trait.
  •n.
  • aptitude,
  • attitude,
  • bent,
  • bias,
  • desire,
  • direction,
  • disposition,
  • erotism,
  • faculty,
  • favoritism,
  • habit,
  • illiberality,
  • in sight,
  • inclination,
  • instinct,
  • leaning,
  • partiality,
  • partisanship,
  • penchant,
  • predilection,
  • predisposition,
  • prepossession,
  • propensity,
  • tendency,
  • tendentiousness,
  • tenor,
  • twist,
  • velleity,
  • weakness,
  • Propensities,
  • leanings,
  • illiberalities,
  • intuitiveness,
  • one-sidedness,
  • what it takes,
  • knowhow,
  • knowing way around,
  • make-up,
  • make-ups,
  • mind trip,
  • narrowmindedness,
  • screw-up,
  • onesidedness.
  •v.
  • ability,
  • behaviour,
  • state.

Paraphrases for Proclivity:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    propensity, inclination.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tendency.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    susceptibility, readiness.

Antonyms for Proclivity:

• n.

  • inclination, tendency
    disinclination, dislike, antipathy, hate.
  • Other antonyms:
    disfavor, nonchalance, repugnance, apathy, disgust, Disrelish, insouciance, impartiality, objectivity, aversion, loathing, allergy, detestation, unconcern, repulsion, hatred, distaste, indifference.

Proclivity Sentence Examples:

• The old Federalists of Gabwrangle, and, foremost among them, his master, Theophilus Flam, soon corrected this unhappy proclivity, and gave him to understand that he was on a wrong scent.

• She burned with an irrepressible desire to have me make the acquaintance of this son of wealth and literature, either from the feminine proclivity for match - making, or because, possibly, she thought, having an intense reverence for writers, that our conversation would be of an edifying and uncommon character.

Hyponym for Proclivity:

• n.

  • cognition
    tendency, disposition, inclination.