propension

From French propension, and its source, Latin prōpēnsiō, from the participle stem of prōpendeō.

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/

propension (plural propensions)

1. (archaic) Propensity.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     As for me, my tast is strangely distasted to it's propensions, which in us are produced without the ordinance and direction of our judgement.

• See Thesaurus:predilection

• open prison

Learned borrowing from Latin prōpēnsiōnem (“penchant, inclination”).

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

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propension f (plural propensions)

1. propensity, proclivity

   Synonyms: disposition, inclination, penchant, tendance

• “propension”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.