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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
propensity/prəˈpensəti/
▶noun (pl. propensities) an inclination or tendency.
– origin C16: from archaic propense (from L. propensus ‘inclined’, past part. of propendere, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + pendere ‘hang’) + -ity.
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