Noun

• S: (n) inclination, disposition, 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"
• S: (n) leaning, propensity, tendency (an inclination to do something) "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
• S: (n) tendency, inclination (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"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) disposition (a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing) "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) tendency, trend (a general direction in which something tends to move) "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"