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单词 proclivity
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proclivity

noun
/prəˈklɪvəti/
/prəˈklɪvəti/
(formal)
(plural proclivities)
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  1. proclivity (for something/for doing something) a natural desire or need that makes you tend to do something, often something bad synonym propensity
    • his sexual/criminal proclivities
    • the government’s proclivity for spending money
    • Most regimes have self-destructive proclivities.
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis ‘inclined’, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + clivus ‘slope’.
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