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Antonyms for tendency
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ten-duhn-see |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn dən si |
Definition of tendency
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 inclination to think or do in a certain way
- noun direction of movement
- I freely say that the tendency of my thought, based on observation, is to conservatism.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- This tendency is in every one of us; but in some of us more than in others.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- That Hester had a tendency to high church had little or nothing to do with the matter.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- He was sorry to see this tendency to aristocracy on the part of members.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
- Now the tendency in France seems to be to go back to the monoplane.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- Obscurity of station or of birth has no tendency to prelude the favour of God.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Among the desperate there is almost invariably a tendency to mirth.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- "The tendency is to a greater tolerance of the notion," I said.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- The sentences that precede that quoted by Sir Martin are Greek in tendency.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- Everything that exists is a force, either action or tendency to action.
- Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
Synonyms for tendency
- addiction
- affection
- aim
- bearing
- bent
- bias
- course
- current
- curve
- custom
- disposition
- drift
- drive
- habit
- heading
- impulse
- inclination
- inclining
- leaning
- liability
- mind
- mindset
- movement
- partiality
- penchant
- predilection
- predisposition
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- purport
- readiness
- run
- set
- shift
- slant
- susceptibility
- temperament
- tenor
- thing
- trend
- turn
- turning
- type
- usage
- way
- weakness
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