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Latin
Etymology
From prōpendeō + -tiō.
Noun
prōpēnsiō f (genitive prōpēnsiōnis); third declension
- inclination, propensity, tendency
- Synonyms: dēsīderium, studium, libīdō, inclīnātiō, appetītiō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “propensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.