propension

/pɹəˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Archaic

"But I aſſeſt the gods, your full conſent, / Gaue vvings to my propenſion, and cut off / All feares attending on ſo dire a proiect, […]"
"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."

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

propensions (plural)

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How do you pronounce propension?

The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/.

What does propension mean?

Propensity.

Where does propension come from?

It is traced to French.

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