LEANING, PROPENSITY, PROCLIVITY, PENCHANT mean a strong instinct or liking for something. LEANING suggests a liking or attraction not strong enough to be decisive or uncontrollable. a student with artistic leanings PROPENSITY implies a deeply ingrained and usually irresistible inclination. a propensity to offer advice PROCLIVITY suggests a strong natural proneness usually to something objectionable or evil. a proclivity for violence PENCHANT implies a strongly marked taste in the person or an irresistible attraction in the object. a penchant for taking risks
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