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tendency
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[ noun ] an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Synonyms Examples "he had an inclination to give up too easily" "a tendency to be too strict" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)It appears that the dominant tendency of Mann 's early tales , however pictorial or even picturesque the surface , is already toward the symbolic , the emblematic , the expressionistic . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` The other day Arnold_Toynbee spoke against the inveterate tendency of our species to believe_in the uniqueness of its religions , its ideologies , and its virtually everything else . |
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[ noun ] an inclination to do something
Synonyms Examples "he felt leanings toward frivolity" Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Oversized monsters are never brought home either alive or preserved , and field measurements are obviously open_to doubt because of the universal tendency to exaggerate dimensions . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)There is a marked tendency for religions , once firmly established , to resist change , not_only in their own doctrines and policies and practices , but also in secular affairs having religious relevance . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)The tendency to treat elections as an instrument of self-interest rather_than an instrument of national interest had two important effects on electoral planning in Morocco . The P.D.I. and later the Popular_Movement protected the Istiqlal 's `` privileged position '' until the fall of Balafrej , and_then the Istiqlal used the same argument , which it had previously ignored , against the pro U.N.F.P. tendencies of the Ibrahim government . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)Through 1911 and 1912 , as the Cubist facet-plane 's tendency to adhere to the literal surface became harder and harder to deny , the task of keeping the surface at arm's_length fell all the more to eye-undeceiving contrivances . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
Synonyms Examples : "the alkaline inclination of the local waters" "fabric with a tendency to shrink" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)the crude sketch of Piepsam contains , in its critical , destructive and self-destructive tendencies , much that is enlarged and illuminated in the figures of , for_instance , Naphta and Leverku^hn . (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)Obviously , if colloidal particles bear charges of opposite sign or , if one kind is charged and the other kind is not , the attraction will be intensified and the tendency to agglomerate will be greatly reinforced . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)These cells were used rather than square Pyrex tubing because of the tendency of the latter to shatter when thawing frozen carbon_tetrachloride . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)The Poynting-Robertson effect causes the semi major_axis of orbits to diminish more rapidly than the semi-minor_axis , with a consequent tendency toward circular orbits as the particles move toward the sun . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)This tendency can be broken either by restoring hypothalamic excitability directly or via cortico-hypothalamic pathways . Related terms |
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