tendency
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tendency/ˈtendənsi/
▶noun (pl. tendencies)
- 1 an inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour.
- 2 a group within a larger political party or movement.
'tendency' also found in these Oxford entries:
Angelman syndrome
- apt
- bossa nova
- capillarity
- clumpy
- control
- convection
- convergent
- cross-current
- curl
- cyclothymia
- determination
- diathesis
- direction
- disposition
- downtrend
- electrophilic
- escapism
- euphony
- giantism
- giddy
- gravitation
- Gresham's law
- habit
- habitude
- halo effect
- historicism
- hybrid vigour
- hydrophilic
- inclination
- incline
- inertia
- knack
- leaning
- lee helm
- linkage
- logorrhoea
- loose tongue
- masochism
- materialism
- moment of inertia
- mythomania
- narcolepsy
- negative geotropism
- nucleophilic
- objectivism
- Old Pals Act
- original sin
- oversteer
- pendulum
