as in tendencies
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
showed artistic proclivities at an early age
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Recent Examples of proclivities
His proclivities in jazz are mammoth.
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Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
The result was a collection of photographs that both capture the culture and the people of Mexico and record Hurst’s particular proclivities, the food that fed his hungry eye.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 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
Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
The result was a collection of photographs that both capture the culture and the people of Mexico and record Hurst’s particular proclivities, the food that fed his hungry eye.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proclivities
Noun
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Americans of all political tendencies increasingly favor sweeping, disorienting political change.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2026
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With the Jax-sized hole in the cast, the narcissistic tendencies in the other men become more glaring, showing how covert mistreatment can slowly chip away at a relationship.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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
Noun
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For this class, the premise is that your purpose in life lies to the intersection of your values, your aptitudes and your interests.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
6 May 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
Noun
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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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“Proclivities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proclivities. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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