an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
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sample sentences
"he had an inclination to give up too easily""a tendency to be too strict"
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
direction
trend, drift, movement
Call
denominationalism
devices
sympathy, understanding
favoritism, favouritism
proclivity, propensity, leaning
bent, set
literalism
perseveration
predisposition
favor, favour
dislike, disfavor, disfavour, disapproval
partiality, partisanship
impartiality, nonpartisanship