proclivity
UKprəklivitiː
USprəuk'lıvətı
معنی فارسی
تمايل
معنی کامل و مثالها
/prō kliv´ǝ tē/n., pl.
● تمایل (ذاتی یا طبیعی)، گرایش، میل (به ویژه نسبت به چیزهای ناشایسته)
ریشه و کاربرد
Noun
A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing.
ریشه
Mid 16th century: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis ‘inclined’, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + clivus ‘slope’.
مثال
- He has a proclivity for hard work.
- Her proclivity for neatness was well known.
- His proclivity towards violence is alarming.
ترکیبهای رایج
proclivity for proclivity towards proclivity to
مترادفها
noun
1. Inclination, tendency, proneness, propensity, bias, disposition, leaning, bent, predisposition, direction, determination, bearing, drift, turn.
2. Readiness, aptitude, facility.