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tendensiya : tendency (n.)

Derivatives of tendensiya


Glosses:
tendency
n. (cognition)1. disposition, inclination, tendencyan 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 attitudea complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun"
~ directiona 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, movementa 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"
~ calla special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course.; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
~ denominationalismthe tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations.
~ devicesan 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, understandingan 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, favouritisman inclination to favor some person or group.
~ proclivity, leaning, propensitya natural inclination.; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
~ bent, seta relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way.; "the set of his mind was obvious"
~ literalisma disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense.
~ perseverationthe tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it.
~ predispositionan inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way.
~ favour, favoran inclination to approve.; "that style is in favor this season"
~ dislike, disfavor, disfavour, disapprovalan inclination to withhold approval from some person or group.
~ partisanship, partialityan inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives.
~ impartiality, nonpartisanshipan inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally.
n. (feeling)2. leaning, propensity, tendencyan inclination to do something.; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
~ inclinationthat toward which you are inclined to feel a liking.; "her inclination is for classical music"
n. (attribute)3. inclination, tendencya 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.
~ dispositiona natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing.; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"
~ buoyancythe 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.
~ desirean inclination to want things.; "a man of many desires"
n. (location)4. tendency, trenda general direction in which something tends to move.; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
~ direction, waya line leading to a place or point.; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"