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tendency
Overview of noun tendency
The noun tendency has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (11) inclination, disposition, tendency -- (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")
2. (6) leaning, propensity, tendency -- (an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity")
3. (6) tendency, inclination -- (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")
4. tendency, trend -- (a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tendency
4 senses of tendency
Sense 1
inclination, disposition, tendency
=> attitude, mental attitude
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
leaning, propensity, tendency
=> inclination
=> liking
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
tendency, inclination
=> disposition
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
tendency, trend
=> direction, way
=> path, route, itinerary
=> line
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun tendency
2 of 4 senses of tendency
Sense 1
inclination, disposition, tendency
=> direction
=> drift, trend, movement
=> Call
=> denominationalism
=> devices
=> sympathy, understanding
=> favoritism, favouritism
=> proclivity, propensity, leaning
=> bent, set
=> literalism
=> perseveration
=> predisposition
=> favor, favour
=> disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval
=> partiality, partisanship
=> impartiality, nonpartisanship
Sense 3
tendency, inclination
=> buoyancy
=> electronegativity, negativity
=> stainability
=> desire
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tendency
4 senses of tendency
Sense 1
inclination, disposition, tendency
=> attitude, mental attitude
Sense 2
leaning, propensity, tendency
=> inclination
Sense 3
tendency, inclination
=> disposition
Sense 4
tendency, trend
=> direction, way
Antonyms of noun tendency
Member Holonyms of noun tendency
Substance Holonyms of noun tendency
Part Holonyms of noun tendency
Member Meronyms of noun tendency
Substance Meronyms of noun tendency
Part Meronyms of noun tendency
Meronyms of noun tendency
Holonyms of noun tendency
Attributes of noun tendency
Derived Forms of noun tendency
2 of 4 senses of tendency
Sense 1
inclination, disposition, tendency
RELATED TO>(adj) tendentious#1
=> tendentious, tendencious
RELATED TO>(adj) tendencious#1
=> tendentious, tendencious
RELATED TO>(verb) tend#1
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
Sense 2
leaning, propensity, tendency
RELATED TO>(verb) tend#1
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
Domain of noun tendency
Domain Terms of noun tendency
Familiarity of noun tendency
tendency used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun tendency
4 senses of tendency
Sense 1
inclination, disposition, tendency
> attitude, mental attitude
=> credence, acceptance
=> culture
=> defensive, defensive attitude
=> hardball
=> high horse
=> southernism
=> mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set
=> paternalism
=> position, stance, posture
=> inclination, disposition, tendency
=> tolerance
=> intolerance
=> respect, esteem, regard
=> disrespect
=> reverence
=> irreverence
=> orientation
Sense 2
leaning, propensity, tendency
> inclination
=> leaning, propensity, tendency
=> stomach
=> undertow
Sense 3
tendency, inclination
> disposition
=> aptness, propensity
=> mordacity
=> predisposition
=> proneness
=> separatism
=> tendency, inclination
Sense 4
tendency, trend
> direction, way
=> bearing, heading, aim
=> course, trend
=> east-west direction
=> north-south direction
=> qibla
=> tendency, trend
Meronyms of noun tendency
4 senses of tendency
Holonyms of noun tendency
Grep of noun tendency
militant tendency
tendency
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