| inclination | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. disposition, inclination, tendency | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| ~ attitude, mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
| ~ direction | a general course along which something has a tendency to develop.; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm" |
| ~ trend, drift, movement | a general tendency to change (as of opinion).; "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" |
| ~ call | a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course.; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call" |
| ~ denominationalism | the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations. |
| ~ devices | an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.; "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the children were left to their own devices" |
| ~ sympathy, understanding | an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion.; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding" |
| ~ favoritism, favouritism | an inclination to favor some person or group. |
| ~ proclivity, leaning, propensity | a natural inclination.; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" |
| ~ bent, set | a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way.; "the set of his mind was obvious" |
| ~ literalism | a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense. |
| ~ perseveration | the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it. |
| ~ predisposition | an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way. |
| ~ favour, favor | an inclination to approve.; "that style is in favor this season" |
| ~ dislike, disfavor, disfavour, disapproval | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. |
| ~ partisanship, partiality | an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives. |
| ~ impartiality, nonpartisanship | an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally. |
| n. (shape) | 2. inclination, inclination of an orbit | (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees. |
| ~ astronomy, uranology | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. |
| ~ angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians. |
| n. (shape) | 3. angle of inclination, inclination | (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis). |
| ~ geometry | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces. |
| ~ angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians. |
| n. (shape) | 4. angle of dip, dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination | (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians. |
| n. (feeling) | 5. inclination | that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking.; "her inclination is for classical music" |
| ~ liking | a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" |
| ~ leaning, propensity, tendency | an inclination to do something.; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" |
| ~ stomach | an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness.; "he had no stomach for a fight" |
| ~ undertow | an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling.; "his account had a poignant undertow of regret" |
| n. (attribute) | 6. inclination, lean, leaning, list, tilt | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" |
| ~ spatial relation, position | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated.; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. inclination, tendency | a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect.; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" |
| ~ heterosis, hybrid vigor | (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent. |
| ~ disposition | a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing.; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture" |
| ~ buoyancy | the tendency to float in water or other liquid. |
| ~ electronegativity, negativity | (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond. |
| ~ stainability | (cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes. |
| ~ desire | an inclination to want things.; "a man of many desires" |
| n. (act) | 8. inclination, inclining | the act of inclining; bending forward.; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| ~ bob | a short abrupt inclination (as of the head).; "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement" |
| ~ nod | the act of nodding the head. |
| ~ stoop | an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward. |
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