Antonyms for tendencies

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ten-duhn-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn dən si

Definition of tendencies

Origin : 1620s, from Medieval Latin tendentia "inclination, leaning," from Latin tendens, present participle of tendere "to stretch, aim" (see tenet). Earlier in same sense was tendaunce (mid-15c.), from Old French tendance.

noun direction of movement
noun inclination to think or do in a certain way

Example sentences :

Of all disagreeable men, a man with his tendencies is the most disagreeable.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

The queen-dowager's French tendencies were more than suspected.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various

Two tendencies seem to have beset the interpreters of Plato in this matter.
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

In like manner, nature is already, in its forms and tendencies, describing its own design.
Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

These figures also must be taken as merely indicating the tendencies of the times.
Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg

Could not the tendencies of criminals be used for the good of their country?
Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

The period from 1800 to 1820 saw a steady increase in these tendencies.
Extract from : « The Frontier in American History » by Frederick Jackson Turner

This evolution was in conformity with all the tendencies of the imperial period.
Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont

Her freshman find was showing somewhat Sans-like tendencies.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester

How the trained occultist is able to ascertain the character, and tendencies of a person.
Extract from : « The Human Aura » by Swami Panchadasi

Synonyms for tendencies

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