Synonyms for proneness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : prohn

Phonetic Transcription : proʊn

Top 10 synonyms for proneness

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Définition 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

Antonyms for proneness

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