propension

Etymology

From French propension, and its source, Latin prōpēnsiō, from the participle stem of prōpendeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/

Noun

propension (plural propensions)

1. (now rare) Propensity.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , II.8:

     As for me, my tast is strangely distasted to it's propensions, which in us are produced without the ordinance and direction of our judgement.

Etymology

From Latin prōpēnsiō (“penchant, inclination”).

Noun

propension f (plural propensions)

1. propensity

References

• “propension” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).