Synonyms for tendencies
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ten-duhn-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn dən si |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for tendencies
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