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n. [a natural inclination to act, think or behave in a certain way]

n. a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

tendency, inclination

n. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"

leaning, propensity, tendency

n. an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"

inclination, disposition, tendency

n. 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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liking

n. a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"

preference, penchant, predilection, taste

n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

leaning

n. the act of deviating from a vertical position

craving

n. an intense desire for some particular thing

desire

n. the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

fondness, fancy, partiality

n. a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"

bias, prejudice, preconception

n. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

predilection, preference, orientation

n. a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"

habit, wont

n. an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"

characteristic, device characteristic

n. any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions

convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula

n. something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"

practice

n. knowledge of how something is usually done; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"

temper, mood, humor, humour

n. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"

state of nature, wild, natural state

n. a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"

nature

n. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

disposition, temperament

n. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

affinity

n. a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam"

preference, penchant, predilection, taste

n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

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antipathy, aversion, distaste

n. a feeling of intense dislike

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