Synonym: aptitude, bent, disposition, inclination, leaning, proclivity. Similar words: independence, independent, presidency, tender, extended, dependent, agency, frequency. Meaning: ['tendənsɪ] 
n. 1. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others 2. an inclination to do something 3. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect 4. a general direction in which something tends to move.
n. 1. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others 2. an inclination to do something 3. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect 4. a general direction in which something tends to move. 
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61 No one knows whether a child's tendency towards fatness is inherited or due to the food he eats.
62 There is a tendency for this disease to run in families.
63 Students have a tendency to misbehave themselves at exam time.
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64 she showed any tendency to coquetry he would be apt to straighten her tie, or if she " took up " with him at all, to ...
65 Tendency to mania; has highs and lows.
66 The disorder has no familial tendency.
67 But the underlying tendency is to place faith in the police process.
68 Unlike sharks, bony fish as a rule have a marked tendency to be flattened in a vertical direction.
69 With further respiratory tract infections there remains a tendency to impaired hearing, but this is transient.
70 The tendency to categorize black sportsmen and women differently from the rest is faintly racist and, I believe, totally unnecessary.
71 What is wrong is the tendency to generalise negative attitudes and to blame the victim.
72 The result is a tendency to increase the amount of erosion on the coast.
73 They thus exhibit a strong tendency to drag their feet as doomsday draws nearer.
74 A typical example is the tendency to blame yourself for instance, for smoking for many years before developing lung cancer.
75 She told herself sternly that she must shake off this tendency towards romantic fantasy.
76 But the tendency for the theoretical concerns also to shift focus and expand is evident in regionalism seen as theory.
77 I remember November 5, 1953, when a tendency to clear up had rather a disastrous consequence.
78 The goal with the Louisas of the world is to help them learn how to go against their natural tendency.
79 When this is done, there is a tendency for other artists to be compared with the leader to their disadvantage.
80 There is the natural tendency, too, for players to circle the wagons in the locker room.
81 They have a marked tendency to zoom up into a steep climbing attitude if they are allowed to do so.
82 This can help them overcome their tendency to listen for the words rather than the message.
83 About my tendency to repeat things ... kids arriving late in class and how they affected it.
84 Probably the most obvious suspect behind our tendency to drop out of community affairs is pervasive busy-ness.
85 Tuck stitch has a tendency to drop stitches and the tuck brushes are there to prevent this.
86 In the psychosomatic sphere it might cause headaches during or because of coitus or a tendency to nausea whenever coitus was performed.
87 He shows no urge to rub shoulders with the lower orders but, if anything, a tendency to keep his distance.
88 Others may decry competitions for their tendency to emphasize technique over artistry, conformity over originality.
89 More serious still is her unfortunate tendency to bend the truth.
90 There has in fact been a recent tendency for this type of mobility to decrease in most of the advanced industrial societies.
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