propensity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an inclination to do something
    tendency; leaning.
    • he felt leanings toward frivolity
  2. noun a natural inclination
    proclivity; leaning.
    • he has a proclivity for exaggeration
  3. noun a disposition to behave in a certain way
    aptness.
    • the aptness of iron to rust
    • the propensity of disease to spread

WordNet

Pro*pen"si*ty noun
Wordforms
plural Propensities
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913