tendency
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
he had an inclination to give up too easily
Types & categories
- attitude hypernym
- direction hyponym
- trend hyponym
- Call hyponym
- denominationalism hyponym
- devices hyponym
- sympathy hyponym
- favoritism hyponym
- proclivity hyponym
- bent hyponym
- literalism hyponym
- perseveration hyponym
- predisposition hyponym
- favour hyponym
- dislike hyponym
- partisanship hyponym
- impartiality hyponym
Related & opposite
- dispose derivation
- incline derivation
- tendentious derivation
Sense 2 noun
an inclination to do something
he felt leanings toward frivolity
Types & categories
- inclination hypernym
Related & opposite
- incline derivation
Sense 3 noun
a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
the alkaline inclination of the local waters
Types & categories
- disposition hypernym
- heterosis hyponym
- buoyancy hyponym
- electronegativity hyponym
- stainability hyponym
- desire hyponym
Related & opposite
- incline derivation
Sense 4 noun
a general direction in which something tends to move
the shoreward tendency of the current
Types & categories
- direction hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispose |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | incline |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tendentious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | attitude |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | direction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Call |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | denominationalism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | devices |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sympathy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | favoritism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proclivity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | literalism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | perseveration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | predisposition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | favour |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dislike |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partisanship |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | impartiality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | incline |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclination |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | incline |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disposition |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | heterosis |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | buoyancy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | electronegativity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stainability |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | desire |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | direction |