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predisposition

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Synonyms & Antonyms of predisposition

a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

the young woman's predisposition to date men who are very much like her father

Synonyms for predisposition

affection,
affinity,
aptitude,
bent,
bias,
bone,
devices,
disposition,
genius,
habitude,
impulse,
inclination,
leaning,
partiality,
penchant,
predilection,
proclivity,
propensity,
tendency,
turn

Words Related to predisposition

favor,
one-sidedness,
partisanship,
prejudice

endowment,
faculty,
flair,
gift,
knack,
talent

addiction,
appetite,
fancy,
fondness,
like,
liking,
preference,
taste

forte,
speciality,
specialty

convention,
custom,
habit,
pattern,
practice
(also practise),
routine,
trick,
way,
wont

eccentricity,
idiosyncrasy,
kink,
oddity,
peculiarity,
quirk,
singularity

Near Antonyms for predisposition

allergy,
averseness,
aversion,
disfavor,
disinclination,
dislike,
disliking,
disrelish,
distaste

detachment,
impartiality,
neutrality,
objectivity

apathy,
disinterestedness,
indifference,
insouciance,
nonchalance,
unconcern

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“Predisposition.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predisposition. Accessed 9 December 2019.

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