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Antonyms for proneness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : prohn
Phonetic Transcription : proʊn


Definition of proneness

Origin :
  • c.1400, "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," from Latin pronus "bent forward, leaning forward, bent over," figuratively "inclined to, disposed," perhaps from adverbial form of pro- "before, for, instead of" (see pro-) + ending as in infernus, externus. Meaning "lying face-down" is first recorded 1570s. Literal and figurative senses both were in Latin; figurative is older in English. Related: Proneness.
  • noun bent
Example sentences :
  • What is done once and again, soon gives facility and proneness.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • These they hold, through their proneness to degenerate, to be all evil.
  • Extract from : « The Commonwealth of Oceana » by James Harrington
  • This proneness to suicide, and loose seat in life, is not peculiar to the Marquesan.
  • Extract from : « In the South Seas » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Proneness to crime or proneness to disease may be born in him through no fault of his own.
  • Extract from : « Not Guilty » by Robert Blatchford
  • From her love of freedom comes my own proneness to rush to unwomanly things.
  • Extract from : « God Wills It! » by William Stearns Davis
  • It must be sown quite thick, on account of its proneness not to vegetate.
  • Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden
  • Meta's patient sorrow was the best remedy for proneness to such musings.
  • Extract from : « The Daisy Chain » by Charlotte Yonge
  • He sacrifices everything for effect, and hence his proneness to horrors.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Tennyson » by Hugh Walker
  • Their defect is that of the Shiraz, a proneness to curl and puff themselves with pride.
  • Extract from : « The Oriental Rug » by William D. Ellwanger
  • This accounts for their profanation of their Sabbath, their proneness to theft, etc.
  • Extract from : « The Life of George Borrow » by Clement K. Shorter

Synonyms for proneness

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