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inclination - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
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disposition,
tendency |
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attitude,
mental attitude a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"
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direction a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm"
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drift,
movement,
trend a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
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call (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"
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denominationalism the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations
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devices an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'; "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the children were left to their own devices"
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sympathy,
understanding an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
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favoritism,
favouritism an inclination to favor some person or group
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leaning,
proclivity,
propensity the act of deviating from a vertical position
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bent,
set a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
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literalism the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature
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perseveration the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it
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predisposition a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
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favor,
favour an act of gracious kindness
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disapproval,
disfavor,
disfavour,
dislike the act of disapproving or condemning
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partiality,
partisanship an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
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impartiality,
nonpartisanship an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
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inclination - the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" |
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motility,
motion,
move,
movement ability to move spontaneously and independently
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bob a short abrupt inclination (as of the head); "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement"
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nod the act of nodding the head
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stoop an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
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inclination - that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music" |
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disinclination that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; "his disinclination for modesty is well known"
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liking a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"
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leaning,
propensity,
tendency the act of deviating from a vertical position
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stomach an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
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undertow the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
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inclination - (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) |
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angle a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
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geometry the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
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inclination - (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees |
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angle a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
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astronomy,
uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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