proclivities

plural of proclivity

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of proclivities Deckhand Matt may just be the most audacious toe-stepper to debut in this franchise since Alesia, who, in the last season of Down Under, managed to rearrange the interior team according to her own proclivities. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026 The thematic and stylistic proclivities of the collective had barely been uncovered, much less exhausted, during my time with them. — Nolan Kelly, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026 On Friday night, Drake welcomed more than 400 guests to New York’s Casa Cipriani for the first of two birthday celebrations, swapping his recent bohemian proclivities for something more dapper. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026 None of it feels remotely tied to the zeitgeist, instead showing an artist galvanized by their own out-there proclivities and exhilarated by the limitations of whatever ramshackle gear might be lying around a home studio. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026 His contract experience helped familiarize him with the proclivities of the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026 If Gluck has willingly conceded to the anti-erotic proclivities of his intended audience, Araki has, naturally, set out to defy them. — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026 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 His proclivities in jazz are mammoth. — Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proclivities
Noun
  • The questionnaires typically ask about overall personality tendencies, and so cover a very long time period.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • From Fulton Market to Lincoln Park to Woodlawn, these six new projects — now in progress or under construction — show some new tendencies in the Chicago tall building.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the electorate’s broad inclinations were plainly if not precisely depicted.
    — W Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
  • In 1860, Muybridge was thrown from a carriage, resulting in a head injury that radically changed his personality and possibly heightened his artistic inclinations.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Beyond Carrington and Vicuña’s stylistic affinities, Lehmann and Norris pointed out how the reception of the artists’ work has changed over the decades and that both have only been canonized relatively recently.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • With its affinities for isolation and, at times, imposing scale, Land art conjures archaeology and the geological sublime—vast expanses of space and time.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Proclivities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proclivities. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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