What are some opposite words for propensity?
Antonyms for propensity
prəˈpɛn sɪ tipropen·si·ty
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term propensity.
Wiktionary
propensitynoun
Synonyms:
proclivity, propensionpropensitynoun
A tendency, preference, or attraction.
He has a propensity for lengthy discussions of certain favorite topics.
Synonyms:
proclivity, propension
English Synonyms and Antonyms
propensity
Appetite is used only of the demands of the physical system, unless otherwise expressly stated, as when we say an appetite for knowledge; passion includes all excitable impulses of our nature, as anger, fear, love, hatred, etc. Appetite is thus more animal than passion; and when we speak of passions and appetites as conjoined or contrasted, we think of the appetites as wholly physical and of the passions as, in part at least, mental or spiritual. We say an appetite for food, a passion for fame. Compare DESIRE.
Compare ANTIPATHY.
Antonyms:
antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repugnance, repulsionSynonyms:
appetency, appetite, craving, desire, disposition, impulse, inclination, liking, longing, lust, passion, proclivity, proneness, relish, thirst, zestPreposition:
He had an insatiable appetite for the marvellous.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
propensity
Synonyms:
bent, predilection, proclivity
Matched Categories
Princeton's WordNet
leaning, propensity, tendencynoun
an inclination to do something
"he felt leanings toward frivolity"
Synonyms:
trend, tendency, list, aptness, proclivity, inclination, leaning, disposition, lean, tiltproclivity, propensity, leaningnoun
a natural inclination
"he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
Synonyms:
list, aptness, proclivity, tendency, leaning, lean, inclination, tiltaptness, propensitynoun
a disposition to behave in a certain way
"the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread"
Synonyms:
leaning, appositeness, tendency, proclivity, aptness
How to use propensity in a sentence?
There is this propensity for business people and government officials and politicians and others to need to get in front of their constituents.
We're rushing into a technology without really thinking through it, how do scooters impact my propensity to use my own car, or Uber or Lyft, or to take public transportation ? These questions aren't getting asked.
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
This is the total opposite of 2013 when active UK funds posted large outperformance of the FTSE All Share, performance over both years can be largely explained by active manager's propensity to hold more mid-caps than the market weighting. This served them well in 2013 but has proved a drag in 2014 when it is the blue chips that have outperformed.
The propensity to put Washington on a pedestal does us no favors, it keeps us removed from the man George Washington, because it's a dishonest reading of New York Life.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#13325 | hatred | |
#17397 | dislike | |
#25345 | indifference | |
#28532 | disgust | |
#29456 | aversion | |
#30056 | propensity | |
#31846 | loathing | |
#53901 | repulsion | |
#61578 | distaste | |
#78152 | antipathy | |
#143011 | repugnance | |
#206995 | detestation |
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