If you have a predispositionto behave in a particular way, you tend to behave like that because of the kind of person that you are or the attitudes that you have.
[formal]
There are always going to be other factors that influence someone's predispositionto exercise. [+ to]
2. countable noun
If you have a predispositionto a disease or illness, it is likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness.
[formal]
...a genetic predisposition to lung cancer. [+ to/towards]
More Synonyms of predisposition
predisposition in British English
(ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃən)
noun
1.
the condition of being predisposed
2. medicine
susceptibility to a specific disease
diathesis
predisposition in American English
(ˌpridɪspəˈzɪʃən; priˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən)
noun
the condition of being predisposed; inclination or tendency; predilection
Examples of 'predisposition' in a sentence
predisposition
Some of us may inherit a predisposition to mental health vulnerability.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Will knowing our own genetic predisposition to disease do us more harm than good?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It raised the question of whether her father may have passed on a predisposition to the disease.
The Sun (2016)
Will we permit a genetic predisposition to be entered as a plea in mitigation in court?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Some people also have a genetic predisposition to the condition.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But in both men and women there is also a genetic predisposition to knee problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Almost certainly she has a genetic predisposition.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Some patients have no desire to be informed about the genetic predisposition of them or their families to disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It turned out that any minimal risk was only to those women who had a strong genetic predisposition to cancer.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Leaving aside shared genetic predisposition, absolute trust between siblings was probably crucial.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In some cases there is an inherited predisposition to produce specific antibodies, but often there is a more general sensitivity.
Turner, Roger Newman The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide (1988)
It's also becoming more common for women to want to remove fat from their toes because of a genetic predisposition.
The Sun (2012)
Apart from a genetic predisposition to fat, people can drive their set points so low that very minimal eating supports a large weight.
Bloom, Carol & Gitter, Andrea (contributor) & Gutwill, Susan (contributor) & Kogel,Laura (contributor) & Zaphiropoulos, Lela (contributor) Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model (1994)
Although people think of a slipped disc as an injury caused by lifting, evidence suggests there is actually a very strong genetic predisposition.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The bulk of the rest is due to your natural predisposition, and a tiny sliver depends on your circumstances, such as winning the lottery.
Christianity Today (2000)
Yet if anorexia is what happens when a natural predisposition meets a cultural trigger, there is no sign that Britain is easing off on the trigger.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
So an unhealthy attitude towards food not only stops you feeling better, but can actually trigger PCOS in those with a genetic predisposition.
Colette Harris, With Theresa Cheung PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycysticovary syndrome (2002)
In other languages
predisposition
British English: predisposition NOUN
If you have a predisposition to behave in a particular way, you tend to behave like that because of the kind of person that you are or the attitudes that you have.
There is a thin dividing line between educating the public and creating a predisposition to panic.
American English: predisposition
Brazilian Portuguese: predisposição
Chinese: 倾向以某方式行事的
European Spanish: predisposición
French: prédisposition
German: Neigung
Italian: predisposizione
Japanese: 傾向
Korean: 성질
European Portuguese: predisposição
Latin American Spanish: predisposición
1 (noun)
the predisposition to behave in a certain way
Synonyms
inclination
She set out to follow her artistic inclinations.
tendency
disposition
They show no disposition to take risks.
bent
a bent for natural history
bias
There were fierce attacks on the BBC for alleged political bias.
willingness
The leaders have expressed their willingness to compromise.
likelihood
penchant
She had a penchant for playing jokes on people.
propensity
She hadn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.
predilection
his predilection for expensive whisky
proclivity (formal)
Los Angeles's unique proclivity for experimental arty endeavour
potentiality
proneness
2 (noun)
a hereditary predisposition to the disease
Synonyms
susceptibility
his increased susceptibility to infections
tendency
He has a tendency towards snobbery.
proneness
He has a proneness to making unfortunate remarks.
Seeproneness
Nearby words of
predisposition
predilection
predispose
predisposed
predisposition
predominance
predominant
predominantly
Synonyms of 'predisposition'
predisposition
Explore 'predisposition' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of penchant
Definition
strong inclination or liking
She had a penchant for playing jokes on people.
Synonyms
liking,
taste,
tendency,
turn,
leaning,
bent,
bias,
inclination,
affinity,
disposition,
fondness,
propensity,
predisposition,
predilection,
proclivity (formal),
partiality,
proneness
in the sense of predilection
Definition
a preference or liking
his predilection for expensive whisky
Synonyms
liking,
love,
taste,
weakness,
fancy,
leaning,
tendency,
preference,
bias,
inclination,
penchant,
fondness,
propensity,
predisposition,
proclivity (formal),
partiality,
proneness
in the sense of proclivity
Definition
a tendency or inclination
Los Angeles's unique proclivity for experimental arty endeavour
Synonyms
tendency,
liking,
leaning,
inclination,
bent,
weakness,
bias,
disposition,
penchant,
propensity,
kink,
predisposition,
predilection,
partiality,
proneness,
liableness
in the sense of proneness
He has a proneness to making unfortunate remarks.
Synonyms
tendency,
leaning,
bent,
weakness,
liability,
bias,
inclination,
disposition,
propensity,
susceptibility,
proclivity (formal),
partiality
in the sense of propensity
Definition
a natural tendency
She hadn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.
Synonyms
tendency,
leaning,
weakness,
inclination,
bent,
liability,
bias,
disposition,
penchant,
susceptibility,
predisposition,
proclivity (formal),
proneness,
aptness
in the sense of tendency
Definition
an inclination to act in a particular way
He has a tendency towards snobbery.
Synonyms
inclination,
leaning,
bent,
liability,
readiness,
disposition,
penchant,
propensity,
susceptibility,
predisposition,
predilection,
proclivity (formal),
partiality,
proneness
in the sense of willingness
The leaders have expressed their willingness to compromise.