Synonyms of proclivities

proclivities

noun

plural of proclivity

as in tendencies

a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

showed artistic proclivities at an early age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tendencies
• inclinations
• aptitudes
• affinities
• predilections
• affections
• leanings
• impulses
• predispositions
• propensities
• biases
• devices
• dispositions
• appetites
• preferences
• talents
• penchants
• bents
• addictions
• bones
• partialities
• knacks
• prejudices
• gifts
• habitudes
• geniuses
• tastes
• habits
• turns
• endowments
• faculties
• favors
• likes
• practices
• fancies
• likings
• specialties
• patterns
• idiosyncrasies
• customs
• specialities
• eccentricities
• flairs
• peculiarities
• quirks
• partisanships
• conventions
• routines
• singularities
• ways
• oddities
• tricks
• kinks
• fortes
• wonts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• allergies
• distastes
• dislikes
• aversions
• disinclinations
• disfavors
• detachments
• disrelishes
• indifferences
• impartialities
• objectivities
• neutralities
• insouciances
• nonchalances
• apathies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of proclivities

Swift showed up in a video clip at the end of the show that circled back to earlier discussion about Kelce’s picky eating proclivities. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026

With Balanchine—whose brush with Bradley came after his precocious beginnings with the Ballets Russes but before his immigration to America and eventual founding of New York City Ballet—Footer pushes hard on not much more than the fact that the two choreographers shared dancers and proclivities. — Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026

His proclivities in jazz are mammoth. — Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026

Vogue’s senior fashion writer Cortne Bonilla never holds back—especially when asked about her perfume proclivities. — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2026

The many-years-sober Levinson drew from his experiences as an addict to shape Euphoria, but more important were his edgelord proclivities, which went from shading the story of how these high-schoolers lived to defining it. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026

How genuinely erotic the movie is depends on one’s personal proclivities, but there’s no denying that sibling filmmakers Artie and Jim Mitchell had a vision — and that the opportunity to experience that vision in 35mm on the big screen is worth taking the New Bev up on. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026

Dracula is firmly of a piece with his proclivities, as a filmmaker, to offer social and political critiques issued through character studies. — Andy Crump, Time, 31 Oct. 2025

That seat at the table provides her unique access to observe the strategic decisions by and the personal proclivities of Facebook’s C-suite of players. — The Know, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025