Dictionary entry

Propensity

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pro‐pen″si‐ty (?), n.; pl.Propensities (�). The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. “A propensity to utter blasphemy.” Macaulay.

Syn. — Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness; bent; tendency.