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tendency::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disposition, inclination |
| Type of | attitude, mental attitude |
| Has types | disfavour, disfavor, drift, disapproval, favor, favoritism, favour, favouritism, direction, devices, impartiality, dislike, leaning, literalism, bent, movement, denominationalism, nonpartisanship, partiality, partisanship, perseveration, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, set, call, sympathy, trend, understanding |
| Derivation | tend, tendencious, tendentious |
a tendency to be too strict.
tendency::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inclination |
| Type of | disposition |
| Has types | buoyancy, stainability, negativity, desire, hybrid vigor, electronegativity, heterosis |
fabric with a tendency to shrink.
tendency::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | leaning, propensity |
| Type of | inclination |
| Derivation | tend |
Examples of tendency
tendency
Latex caulk does not expand and contract and has a tendency to shrink and crack.
From the post-gazette.com
There is a tendency for people to imagine that what they are works against them.
From the forbes.com
If anything, the UK is less prone to this tendency than other developed nations.
From the bbc.co.uk
Then it would have no intrinsic tendency to decay into standard-model particles.
From the newscientist.com
There's a tendency to present recycling as the response to a disposable culture.
From the guardian.co.uk
In the punditry biz, we have a tendency to overplay the importance of campaigns.
From the sfgate.com
Despite successful initial treatment, clubfeet have a natural tendency to recur.
From the sciencedaily.com
He wasn't easy on himself, the way supercharged achievers have a tendency to be.
From the theatlantic.com
It worked not only against lice, but against my tendency to escape into fantasy.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Inclination: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"
- Leaning: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
- A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"
- A general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
- A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward
- (tendance, Tendenz). Marx describes a number of the capitalist mode of production as tendencies (notably the tendency of the rate of profit to fall). ...
