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tendency
Synonyms and Antonyms of tendency
1
an established pattern of behavior
affinity, aptitude, bent, disposition, inclination, leaning, mind-set, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, turn
custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, wont
eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity, trick
2
a prevailing or general movement or inclination
3
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice
endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent
addiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, taste
convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, trick, way, wont
eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity
Synonym Discussion of tendency
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- a general tendency toward inflation
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- the long-term trend of the stock market is upward
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- the drift of the population away from large cities
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- got the drift of her argument
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- the tenor of the times
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- an encounter that changed the current of my life
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