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Word: Proclivity
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis ‘inclined’, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + clivus ‘slope’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
prəˈklɪvɪti
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing
Short Definition:tendency to choose or do something regularly
Examples:- a proclivity for hard work
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