Propension

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /pɹəˈpÉ›nʃ(É™)n/

Origin

From Middle French propension, and its source, Latin prōpensiō, from the participle stem of prōpendēre.

Full definition of propension

Noun

1. (now rare) Propensity.
• 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 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.----