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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pree-dis-puh-zish-uh n, pree-dis- |
| Phonetic Transcription : priˌdɪs pəˈzɪʃ ən, ˌpri dɪs- |
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Définition of predisposition
Origin :- 1620s, from pre- + disposition.
- noun willingness, inclination
- Laws must be definite, and we should create in the citizens a predisposition to obey them.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- There has been a predisposition to paralysis, which is the true nature of this attack.
- Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
- In every member of it he recognised character, and a predisposition which might even be genius.
- Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
- She understood not how fatal a predisposition lurked in her bosom.
- Extract from : « Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories » by T. S. Arthur
- Their views rather wearied me, despite my predisposition to favour them.
- Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson
- In Bohemia, indeed, there had long been a predisposition to heresy.
- Extract from : « Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- He emphatically denies that there is in the embryo a predisposition to crime.
- Extract from : « A Plea for the Criminal » by James Leslie Allan Kayll
- Also that alcoholism in the parents conveys a predisposition to the child.
- Extract from : « A Plea for the Criminal » by James Leslie Allan Kayll
- It is my experience of his predisposition to this quality which has induced me to write this article.
- Extract from : « Urban Sketches » by Bret Harte
- Predisposition of active life subjection to enchantments, iv.
- Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
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