propensity   (Sound)

The noun propensity has 3 senses

• leaning, propensity, tendency -- (an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity")


• proclivity, propensity, leaning -- (a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration")


• aptness, propensity -- (a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread")