Synonyms for predisposition

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

Example sentences :

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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