propensity
/pruh-PEN-sih-tee/nounan inclination to behave in a particular way
“Markets have a propensity to overcorrect.”
- Synonyms
- tendency, proclivity, disposition
- Antonyms
- aversion, disinclination
- Memory hook
- pro + pendere (hang): weighted toward it.
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