as in inclinations
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
the young woman's predisposition to date men who are very much like her father
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Recent Examples of predispositions
Brand equity is the sum of all associations, experiences, and predispositions that consumers have developed toward a brand.
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Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Phobias can develop for a number of reasons, including genetic predispositions, environmental factors including traumatic experiences, learning from caregivers and hearing about scary situations.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The data analyzed also lacked information on participants’ family history, any genetic predispositions to cancer, and lifestyle factors like smoking.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Phobias can develop for a number of reasons, including genetic predispositions, environmental factors including traumatic experiences, learning from caregivers and hearing about scary situations.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The data analyzed also lacked information on participants’ family history, any genetic predispositions to cancer, and lifestyle factors like smoking.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predispositions
Noun
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Who knew that such daring would lead to a film that avoids these inclinations entirely, especially one that could have so easily leaned into controversial territory?—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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Samuel Alito’s inclinations have not been hard to discern lately.—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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The slimdown of staff continues a trend in the tech sector, which long had been known for its largesse and expansionist tendencies as many traditional businesses headed in the opposite direction.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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In 2024, Julie Aitken Schermer, a psychology professor at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, published a paper that showed drivers who modified their exhaust systems to be louder were more likely to have psychopathic and sadist tendencies.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
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This model reflects Japan’s long-standing corporate culture, which prioritizes new hires for their general potential—their aptitudes and aspirations, as opposed to their current skill sets or university majors—and then trains them on the job.—
GRACIA LIU-FARRER,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Nov. 2025
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More money is apt to make homeschooling worse and far less tailored to the individual student and their interests and aptitudes by encouraging parents to substitute pricey group programs for the requisite effort of individualized instruction.—
Marie Sapirie,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Its formal and ontological affinities with dysfunction, fragmentation, and violence would seem to render that debt proverbial to the point of cliché.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Today, costly and time-consuming coachbuilding acts as a mirror for the owner’s personal style and affinities, all the while displaying the status of having formed such a close connection with a brand that you’re invited to commission something singular.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Predispositions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predispositions. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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