Proclivity
noun
A strong tendency to do something, especially something that is not good.
He has a proclivity for extravagant spending.
noun
A strong tendency to do something, especially something that is not good.
He has a proclivity for extravagant spending.
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Lean
Proclivity often suggests a leaning towards negative or less desirable actions.
Despite his efforts, he had a proclivity to lose his temper.
Pro Tip 2/3Inherent Tendency
A proclivity is usually an innate inclination, not a habit developed over time.
She has a proclivity for art, instinctively appreciating its beauty.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Force
It's a subtle force within someone and not always in conscious control.
His proclivity for detail often led him to miss deadlines.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Lean
Proclivity often suggests a leaning towards negative or less desirable actions.
Despite his efforts, he had a proclivity to lose his temper.
Pro Tip 2/3Inherent Tendency
A proclivity is usually an innate inclination, not a habit developed over time.
She has a proclivity for art, instinctively appreciating its beauty.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Force
It's a subtle force within someone and not always in conscious control.
His proclivity for detail often led him to miss deadlines.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Lean
Proclivity often suggests a leaning towards negative or less desirable actions.
Despite his efforts, he had a proclivity to lose his temper.
Pro Tip 2/3Inherent Tendency
A proclivity is usually an innate inclination, not a habit developed over time.
She has a proclivity for art, instinctively appreciating its beauty.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Force
It's a subtle force within someone and not always in conscious control.
His proclivity for detail often led him to miss deadlines.
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Make love, not porn...
with the reality and it's important to say by the way that this is absolutely not about judgement this is not about good and bad sex is the area of human experience that embraces the vastest possible range of proclivities this is
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Daydreaming: The bridge...
only place we have autonomy is in our own minds we need to nurture a guilt-free environment where our children can daydream and you know while we're at it let's abandon our proclivity to tell kids not to get their hopes up
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Make love, not porn...
with the reality and it's important to say by the way that this is absolutely not about judgement this is not about good and bad sex is the area of human experience that embraces the vastest possible range of proclivities this is
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Daydreaming: The bridge...
only place we have autonomy is in our own minds we need to nurture a guilt-free environment where our children can daydream and you know while we're at it let's abandon our proclivity to tell kids not to get their hopes up
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Marcia Gay Harden
American Actress
Anybody who is really walking with the Lord is embracing the foibles and the beauties and the differences of humanity, regardless of race, color, creed, economic stature and sexual proclivity, whatever. You embrace the beauty of humanity and not be exacting and belittling about the differences.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
Disney, who brought joy, arguably, to billions of people, was, perhaps, or had some... racist proclivities. He formed and supported an anti-Semitic industry lobby. And he was certainly, on the evidence of his company's policies, a gender bigot.
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Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
Like any organizer worth their salt, I'm open to critique, but I won't be bullied or treated badly. I'm an imperfect human, and as such, I have a proclivity to make mistakes. And while I make mistakes, I am not my mistakes.
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Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
Regrettably, many religious traditions exacerbate our innate proclivity to divide the world into two clearly demarcated camps, and in doing so, this fans the flames of intolerance and hate.
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Jeffrey Thomas
American Writer
Only when my 'Punktown'-based stories began seeing print did I demonstrate my proclivity for blurring the borders between horror, science fiction, and other genres.
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Blake Bailey
American Writer
The whole psychoanalytical establishment in America at midcentury was geared to make people with homosexual proclivities feel like monsters, moral degenerates.
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William C. Kirby
Chinese Educator
Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war.
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David Lowery
American Director
I have so many aspirations and interests that would not fit within the Disney brand. I need to make sure I'm engaging those proclivities as well.
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Cornel West
American Educator
I feel as if I have been blessed to undergo a transformation from 'gangster' to 'redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities.
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John Malkovich
American Actor
I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently.
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Marcia Gay Harden
American Actress
Anybody who is really walking with the Lord is embracing the foibles and the beauties and the differences of humanity, regardless of race, color, creed, economic stature and sexual proclivity, whatever. You embrace the beauty of humanity and not be exacting and belittling about the differences.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
Disney, who brought joy, arguably, to billions of people, was, perhaps, or had some... racist proclivities. He formed and supported an anti-Semitic industry lobby. And he was certainly, on the evidence of his company's policies, a gender bigot.
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Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
Like any organizer worth their salt, I'm open to critique, but I won't be bullied or treated badly. I'm an imperfect human, and as such, I have a proclivity to make mistakes. And while I make mistakes, I am not my mistakes.
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Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
Regrettably, many religious traditions exacerbate our innate proclivity to divide the world into two clearly demarcated camps, and in doing so, this fans the flames of intolerance and hate.
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Jeffrey Thomas
American Writer
Only when my 'Punktown'-based stories began seeing print did I demonstrate my proclivity for blurring the borders between horror, science fiction, and other genres.
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Blake Bailey
American Writer
The whole psychoanalytical establishment in America at midcentury was geared to make people with homosexual proclivities feel like monsters, moral degenerates.
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William C. Kirby
Chinese Educator
Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war.
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David Lowery
American Director
I have so many aspirations and interests that would not fit within the Disney brand. I need to make sure I'm engaging those proclivities as well.
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Cornel West
American Educator
I feel as if I have been blessed to undergo a transformation from 'gangster' to 'redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities.
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John Malkovich
American Actor
I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently.
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