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  • 51inclination — I noun affinity, aptitude, aptness, bent, bias, cast, direction, fondness, inclinatio, leaning, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, slant, studium,… …

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  • 52leaning — I noun attitude, bent, bias, conviction, disposition, favor, favoritism, feeling, gravitation, habit, idiosyncrasy, in disequilibrium, inclination, liking, partiality, penchant, perspective, position, posture, preconception, predetermination,… …

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  • 53partiality — I noun affinity, attachment, attraction, bent, bias, biased judgment, discrimination, favor, favoritism, fondness, inclination, iniquitas, injustice, intolerance leaning, liking, one sidedness, partisanship, penchant, preconception, predilection …

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  • 54penchant — I noun affinity, appetite, ardor, attachment, attraction, bent, bias, capacity, competence, direction, disposition, eagerness, enthusiasm, fancy, fondness, gravitation, inborn ability, inclinatio, inclination, innate ability, leaning, liking,… …

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  • 55predisposition — I noun affection, appetence, appetency, appetite, aptitude, aptness, ardor, attachment, attraction, bent, bias, cast, character, desire, disposition, fancy, favor, favoritism, fondness, foregone conclusion, inclinatio, inclination, keenness,… …

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  • 56propensity — I noun ability, affinity, aptitude, aptness, art, attraction, bent, bias, capacity, deftness, dexterity, disposition, facility, fancy, favor, felicity, fondness, forte, genius, gift, inclination, knack, leaning, liking, mind, partiality, passion …

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  • 57tendency — I noun aptitude, aptness, bearing, bent, bias, character, direction, disposition, facility, gift, gravitation, idiosyncrasy, inclinatio, inclination, instinct, leaning, natural disposition, nature, partiality, penchant, predisposition, prejudice …

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  • 58instinct — Synonyms and related words: a thing for, ability, affinity, aptitude, aptness, archetypal pattern, archetype, automatic response, automatic writing, automatism, bent, bias, blind impulse, brain wave, brainstorm, bump, caliber, capability,… …

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  • 59bent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curved, crooked; tendency, inclination, nature, propensity. See curvature, desire. Ant., straight. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. curved, warped, crooked, looped, twined, sinuous, bowed, flexed,… …

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  • 60bias — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. prejudice, partiality; bent, inclination; slope, diagonal. v. t. influence, sway, prejudice. See obliquity, tendency, injustice. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bent, preference, leaning; see inclination 1 ,… …

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