tendencyn.

Brit.

/ˈtɛndənsi/, U.S.

/ˈtɛnd(ə)nsi/

Etymology: Formed as tendence n.: see -ency suffix.

a. The fact or quality of tending to something; a constant disposition to move or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or purpose; leaning, inclination, bias, or bent toward some object, effect, or result.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun]

kinda1200

disposingc1380

disposition1393

aptc1400

hieldc1400

remotiona1425

inclination?a1439

incliningc1450

taste1477

intendment1509

benta1535

swing1538

approclivity1546

aptness1548

swinge1548

drift1549

set1567

addiction1570

disposedness1583

swaya1586

leaning1587

intention1594

inflection1597

inclinableness1608

appetite1626

vogue1626

tendency1628

tendence1632

aptitude1633

gravitation1644

propension1644

biasing1645

conducement1646

flexure1652

propendency1660

tend1663

vergencya1665

pend1674

to have a way of1748

polarity1767

appetency1802

drive1885

overleaning1896

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 53 If any inquire how tendency..can haue an actuall exercise vnto doing.

1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life vii. 72 He did not..do an act..but it had some tendency to promote the great design of our Salvation.

1679 C. Ness Protestant Antidote Popery Ded. 6 Gods prevalent actings, in tendency to our deliverance.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 185 He seldom converses but with Men of his own Tendency.

1723 J. Clarke tr. Rohault's Syst. Nat. Philos. I. i. xiii. 80 A Body in Motion, has always a Tendency to describe that Line, which it would describe if it were at liberty.

1774 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 13 Sept. (1778) Placed..with their points tending forward, the line of their tendency making an angle with the horizon of about 45°.

1805 ‘Ignotus’ Culina (ed. 2) 98 Where there is a gouty tendency, this dish must seldom be indulged in.

1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xxxi. 267 A tendency..is a cause which may or may not be counteracted.

1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. viii. 313 A regular polygon, inscribed [in a circle], its sides being continually diminished, tends to become that circle, as its limit; but..its tendency to be the circle, though ever nearer fulfilment, never in fact gets beyond a tendency.

†b. Movement or advance in the direction of something; a making toward something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun]

runeeOE

coursec1290

draughta1325

careerc1534

addression1602

tendence1644

tendency1654

ducturea1674

traduction1675

headinga1855

1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick Ep. Ded. sig. a2 As if the Donations of Heaven were opposed, subordinated in mans tendency to Bliss and Glory.

1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Tendency..a going forward, a making toward.

1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 1 Which time of their Tendency to Perfection I shall..call the Time of their Growth.

c. Drift, trend, or aim of a discourse; in later use, conscious or designed purpose of a story, novel, or the like. (= German tendenz.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > of a discourse

tendency1732

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > didactic > aim or purpose

tendency1732

tendenz1896

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxi. 133 Upon hearing this and other Lectures of the same tendency.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋2 My narrative has no other tendency than to illustrate and corroborate your own observations.

1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 45 Neither can they shew any thing in the general tendency and spirit of the whole work unfavourable to a rational and generous spirit of liberty.

1832 H. Martineau Demerara i. 12 The tendency of all he said was to prove his own merits.

d. plural in pregnant use, tendencies towards homosexuality. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > an inclination towards

tendency1938

1938 J. Betjeman Oxf. Univ. Chest ii. 42 Someone who has ‘tendencies’ as an undergraduate, will in ten years time be settled down to married life.

1958 L. Durrell Balthazar ii. 32 Now the Egyptians, they don't give a damn about a man if he has Tendencies.

e. Politics. [Influenced by French tendance.] A political association within a larger party or movement, esp. a left-wing group within a socialist party.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > group within a party

wing1879

party cell1931

tendency1974

1974 J. White tr. N. Poulantzas Fascism & Dictatorship iv. ii. 171 The communists of the Ruhr, a left tendency, went into combat in isolation in April.

1977 Politics of Militant 1 The tendency grouped around the weekly paper ‘Militant’ has grown considerably in recent years. It absolutely dominates the Labour Party Young Socialists.

1980 Times 14 Jan. 1/4 The ‘Militant Tendency’, a clandestine Trotskyist organization, with its own full-time staff, whose aims are to penetrate the Labour Party.

1981 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 32/5 The arguments of the tendency and other Marxist, Leninist, Stalinist and Trotskyist groups.

†2. A relation to, or bearing upon something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relation to something or reference

respitea1382

beholdingc1449

respect1485

aspect1509

regardc1520

reference1581

referrance1583

tending1587

reflection1614

intuition1626

concernment1640

concerning1642

tendency1651

influence1672

re1707

bearing1741

ref1845

concern1863

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 195 They will say that all their obedience hath no other tendency to their salvation and finall Absolution, but as meer signs.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations. tendency drama, tendency novel, tendency story, one composed with an unexpressed but definite purpose [after German tendenz-drama, -roman, etc.] ; tendency wit [after German tendenzwitz] .

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > moral or didactic

moralc1390

virtuousc1405

didactic1658

tendency1838

tendential1889

tendentious1900

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [adjective] > other specific attributes

formal1592

tendency1838

unartistic1854

happy ever afterwards1858

ben trovato1883

middle-length1928

hard-boiled1929

stream of consciousness1931

plutographic1985

1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 23 They may all be referred either to that [assertion] just made, or to a tendency argument of the same character.

1889 J. Jacobs Fables of Æsop 206 The Fable..is a Moral Tendency-Beast-Droll.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Tendency theory..the theory of the Tübingen school that the books of the New Testament..were put together for the purpose of upholding current opinions, and that they thus have a ‘tendency’.

1916 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Wit & its Relation to Unconsc. iii. 138 By virtue of its purpose, the tendency-wit has at its disposal sources of pleasure to which harmless wit has no access.

1954 D. Riesman Individualism Reconsidered (1955) xxii. 349 The id expresses its criticism by what Freud called tendency-wit, but then turns to its masters with a smile, saying, ‘After all,..it's only a joke.’

1964 M. Wohlgelernter Israel Zangwill vi. 87 A determination to self-criticism that Freud called ‘tendency-wit’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tendency
释义	tendencyn. Brit. /ˈtɛndənsi/, U.S. /ˈtɛnd(ə)nsi/ Etymology: Formed as tendence n.: see -ency suffix. 1. a. The fact or quality of tending to something; a constant disposition to move or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or purpose; leaning, inclination, bias, or bent toward some object, effect, or result. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] kinda1200 disposingc1380 disposition1393 aptc1400 hieldc1400 remotiona1425 inclination?a1439 incliningc1450 taste1477 intendment1509 benta1535 swing1538 approclivity1546 aptness1548 swinge1548 drift1549 set1567 addiction1570 disposedness1583 swaya1586 leaning1587 intention1594 inflection1597 inclinableness1608 appetite1626 vogue1626 tendency1628 tendence1632 aptitude1633 gravitation1644 propension1644 biasing1645 conducement1646 flexure1652 propendency1660 tend1663 vergencya1665 pend1674 to have a way of1748 polarity1767 appetency1802 drive1885 overleaning1896 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 53 If any inquire how tendency..can haue an actuall exercise vnto doing. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life vii. 72 He did not..do an act..but it had some tendency to promote the great design of our Salvation. 1679 C. Ness Protestant Antidote Popery Ded. 6 Gods prevalent actings, in tendency to our deliverance. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 185 He seldom converses but with Men of his own Tendency. 1723 J. Clarke tr. Rohault's Syst. Nat. Philos. I. i. xiii. 80 A Body in Motion, has always a Tendency to describe that Line, which it would describe if it were at liberty. 1774 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 13 Sept. (1778) Placed..with their points tending forward, the line of their tendency making an angle with the horizon of about 45°. 1805 ‘Ignotus’ Culina (ed. 2) 98 Where there is a gouty tendency, this dish must seldom be indulged in. 1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xxxi. 267 A tendency..is a cause which may or may not be counteracted. 1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. viii. 313 A regular polygon, inscribed [in a circle], its sides being continually diminished, tends to become that circle, as its limit; but..its tendency to be the circle, though ever nearer fulfilment, never in fact gets beyond a tendency. †b. Movement or advance in the direction of something; a making toward something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] runeeOE coursec1290 draughta1325 careerc1534 addression1602 tendence1644 tendency1654 ducturea1674 traduction1675 headinga1855 1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick Ep. Ded. sig. a2 As if the Donations of Heaven were opposed, subordinated in mans tendency to Bliss and Glory. 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Tendency..a going forward, a making toward. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 1 Which time of their Tendency to Perfection I shall..call the Time of their Growth. c. Drift, trend, or aim of a discourse; in later use, conscious or designed purpose of a story, novel, or the like. (= German tendenz.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > of a discourse tendency1732 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > didactic > aim or purpose tendency1732 tendenz1896 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxi. 133 Upon hearing this and other Lectures of the same tendency. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋2 My narrative has no other tendency than to illustrate and corroborate your own observations. 1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 45 Neither can they shew any thing in the general tendency and spirit of the whole work unfavourable to a rational and generous spirit of liberty. 1832 H. Martineau Demerara i. 12 The tendency of all he said was to prove his own merits. d. plural in pregnant use, tendencies towards homosexuality. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > an inclination towards tendency1938 1938 J. Betjeman Oxf. Univ. Chest ii. 42 Someone who has ‘tendencies’ as an undergraduate, will in ten years time be settled down to married life. 1958 L. Durrell Balthazar ii. 32 Now the Egyptians, they don't give a damn about a man if he has Tendencies. e. Politics. [Influenced by French tendance.] A political association within a larger party or movement, esp. a left-wing group within a socialist party. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > group within a party wing1879 party cell1931 tendency1974 1974 J. White tr. N. Poulantzas Fascism & Dictatorship iv. ii. 171 The communists of the Ruhr, a left tendency, went into combat in isolation in April. 1977 Politics of Militant 1 The tendency grouped around the weekly paper ‘Militant’ has grown considerably in recent years. It absolutely dominates the Labour Party Young Socialists. 1980 Times 14 Jan. 1/4 The ‘Militant Tendency’, a clandestine Trotskyist organization, with its own full-time staff, whose aims are to penetrate the Labour Party. 1981 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 32/5 The arguments of the tendency and other Marxist, Leninist, Stalinist and Trotskyist groups. †2. A relation to, or bearing upon something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relation to something or reference respitea1382 beholdingc1449 respect1485 aspect1509 regardc1520 reference1581 referrance1583 tending1587 reflection1614 intuition1626 concernment1640 concerning1642 tendency1651 influence1672 re1707 view1719 bearing1741 ref1845 concern1863 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 195 They will say that all their obedience hath no other tendency to their salvation and finall Absolution, but as meer signs. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. tendency drama, tendency novel, tendency story, one composed with an unexpressed but definite purpose [after German tendenz-drama, -roman, etc.] ; tendency wit [after German tendenzwitz] . ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > moral or didactic moralc1390 virtuousc1405 didactic1658 tendency1838 tendential1889 tendentious1900 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [adjective] > other specific attributes formal1592 tendency1838 unartistic1854 happy ever afterwards1858 ben trovato1883 middle-length1928 hard-boiled1929 stream of consciousness1931 plutographic1985 1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 23 They may all be referred either to that [assertion] just made, or to a tendency argument of the same character. 1889 J. Jacobs Fables of Æsop 206 The Fable..is a Moral Tendency-Beast-Droll. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Tendency theory..the theory of the Tübingen school that the books of the New Testament..were put together for the purpose of upholding current opinions, and that they thus have a ‘tendency’. 1916 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Wit & its Relation to Unconsc. iii. 138 By virtue of its purpose, the tendency-wit has at its disposal sources of pleasure to which harmless wit has no access. 1954 D. Riesman Individualism Reconsidered (1955) xxii. 349 The id expresses its criticism by what Freud called tendency-wit, but then turns to its masters with a smile, saying, ‘After all,..it's only a joke.’ 1964 M. Wohlgelernter Israel Zangwill vi. 87 A determination to self-criticism that Freud called ‘tendency-wit’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1628
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