Related Words for tendency

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propensity
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Noun, Noun
leaning
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Noun, Noun, Verb
disposition
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Verb, Noun
trend
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Noun, Noun
inclination
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Noun, Noun
proclivity
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Noun
tend
/
Verb
proneness
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Noun
predilection
xx/x
Noun
predisposition
xxx/x
Noun
gravitate
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Verb
habitually
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Adverb
unwillingness
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Noun
counteract
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Verb
loath
/
Adjective
reluctance
x/x
Noun
exaggerate
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Verb
penchant
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Noun
conflate
x/
Verb
invariably
x/xxx
Adverb
predisposed
xx/
Verb
inability
xx/xx
Noun
overemphasize
/x/xx
Verb
overreact
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Verb
inclined
x/
Adjective
concomitant
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Noun
preferring
x/x
Verb
rationalize
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Verb
slight
/
Adjective
distort
x/
Verb
shun
/
Noun
suppress
x/
Verb
induce
x/
Verb
curtail
x/
Verb
willingness
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Noun
overdo
/x/
Verb
ascribe
x/
Verb
desire
x/x
Noun
preoccupation
xxx/x
Noun
ability
x/xx
Noun
obsess
x/
Verb
compulsion
x/x
Noun
routinely
x/x
Adverb
discourage
x/x
Verb
skew
/
Noun
aggravate
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Verb
overlook
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Verb
fixate
/x
Verb
engender
x/x
Verb
inevitably
x/xxx
Adverb
cling
/
Verb
eagerness
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Noun
accentuate
x/xx
Verb
tempt
/
Verb
undervalue
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Verb
rather
/x
Adverb
disregard
xx/
Noun
disinclination
xxx/x
Noun
attempting
x/x
Verb
pander
/x
Noun
contend
x/
Verb
ignore
x/
Verb
seeming
/x
Verb
equate
x/
Verb
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
temptation
x/x
Noun
forestall
x/
Verb
impulse
/x
Noun
deride
x/
Verb
jettison
/xx
Noun
generally
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Adverb
impute
x/
Verb
incite
x/
Verb
exalt
x/
Verb
urge
/
Noun
evince
x/
Verb
incipient
x/xx
Adjective
relegate
/xx
Verb
conspire
x/x
Verb
misconception
xx/x
Noun
characteristically
xxx/xx
Adverb
entrench
x/
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
displace
x/
Verb
defer
x/
Verb
downplay
/x
Verb
detach
x/
Verb
forced
/
Verb
reticence
/xx
Noun
sidestep
/x
Verb
hesitancy
/xxx
Noun
endeavoring
x/xx
Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
sometimes
x/
Adverb
pester
/x
Verb
rationalise
/xx
Verb
stifle
/x
Verb
uncharacteristic
xxxx/x
Adjective
characterise
xxx/x
Verb
constrain
x/
Verb
deviate
/xx
Verb
bent
/
Noun
tide
/
Noun
temper
/x
Noun
attraction
x/x
Noun
twist
/
Noun
bias
/x
Noun
determination
xxx/x
Noun
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
comportment
x/x
Noun
temperament
/xx
Noun
partiality
xx/xx
Noun
likelihood
/xx
Noun
streak
/
Noun
style
/
Noun
preference
/xx
Noun
potentiality
x/x/xx
Noun
aptitude
/xx
Noun
notion
/x
Noun
attitude
/xx
Noun
liability
xx/xx
Noun
manner
/x
Noun
personality
xx/xx
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun
grain
/
Noun
behavior
x/x
Noun
susceptibility
xxx/xx
Noun
mood
/
Noun
impulsivity
/x/xx
Noun
predictability
xxx/xx
Noun
probability
xx/xx
Noun
eventuality
xxx/xx
Noun
lability
x/xx
Noun
actualizing
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Adjective
centralizing
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Adjective
inbuilt
//
Adjective
universalizing
xx/xxx
Adjective
idealize
x/x
Verb
regrettable
x/xx
Adjective
ineradicable
xx/xxx
Adjective
relapse
x/
Verb
pronounced
x/
Adjective
always
/x
Adverb
ambivalence
x/xx
Noun
antipathy
x/xx
Noun
appetite
/xx
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
aspiration
xx/x
Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
development
x/xx
Noun
devices
x/x
Noun
direction
x/x
Noun
disapproval
xx/x
Noun
disfavor
x/x
Noun, Verb
dislike
x/
Noun, Verb
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
drift
/
Noun, Verb
drive
/
Noun, Verb
emphasis
/xx
Noun
evolution
xx/x
Noun
favor
/x
Noun, Verb
favoritism
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Noun
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
frequency
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Noun
habit
/x
Noun, Verb
impartiality
xxx/xx
Noun
literalism
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Noun
lot
/
Noun, Verb
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
mile
/
Noun
militancy
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Noun
momentum
x/x
Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
movement
/x
Noun
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
partisanship
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Noun
pattern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
persuasion
x/x
Noun
phenomenon
x/xx
Noun
posture
/x
Noun, Verb
prevailing
x/x
Adjective
repugnance
x/x
Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
shift
/
Noun, Verb
slant
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
strand
/
Noun, Verb
suicide
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Noun, Verb
sympathy
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Noun
thrust
/
Noun, Verb
tilt
/
Noun, Verb
tone
/
Noun, Verb
towards
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Adverb, Adjective
understanding
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
usual
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Adjective, Noun
vocation
x/x
Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weakness
/x
Noun
will
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective