Meanings
plural propensions
- archaicPropensity.
As for me, my tast is strangely distasted to it's propensions, which in us are produced without the ordinance and direction of our judgement.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC1 more example
But I aſſeſt the gods, your full conſent, / Gaue vvings to my propenſion, and cut off / All feares attending on ſo dire a proiect, […]
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], signature D3, rectoSynonyms: affinity, bag, bent, love, cup of coffee, cup of joe, cup of tea, dish
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPropensity.
Origin
- Latinprōpēnsiō
- Frenchpropension
- Englishpropension
From French propension, and its source, Latin prōpēnsiō, from the participle stem of prōpendeō.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish propensión
- propensiónTranslations
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propension. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propension
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