proneness

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Recent Examples of proneness Both Max’s debut LP, Heaven & Hell, and her sophomore album, Diamonds and Dancefloors, were pushed back for release because of leaks, and Max has addressed her music’s proneness to making its way online before release in the past. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proneness
tendency
Noun
  • Aside from these Nazi-ish tendencies, Frankenstein is erotically obsessed with the borders of life and death, with wounds and organs being specific sites of fascination; meanwhile, Katrin’s attraction to a lowly, virile farmhand (Joe Dallesandro) jeopardises the sanctity of the experiments.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This failure was not due to a lack of warnings, but to a deeper human tendency to discount the unthinkable.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Proneness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proneness. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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