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Synonyms for tendency

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ten-duhn-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn dən si

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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