Predisposition

Definition: Predisposition

Predisposition

Noun

1. Susceptibility to a pathogen.

2. An inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way.

3. A disposition in advance to react in a particular way.

Date "predisposition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1826. (references)

Domain	Definition
Health	A latent susceptibility to disease which may be activated under certain conditions, as by stress. (references)
Public Administration	The condition of an area which renders it prone to the occurrence of a hazardous process. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Predisposition

Synonym: sensitivity (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Affections	Noun: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul; predilection, turn, natural turn of mind; bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency; vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle; sympathy; (love).
Preparation	Preconcertation, predisposition; forecast; (plan); rehearsal, note of preparation.
Tendency	Noun: tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility; conatus, nisus; liability; quality, nature, temperament; idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy; cast, vein, grain; humor, mood; drift; (direction); conduciveness, conducement; applicability; (utility); subservience; (instrumentality).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Predisposition

English words defined with "predisposition": diathesis ♦ fancy, fondness ♦ habitus ♦ orientation ♦ partiality, predilection, Predisponency, preference. (references)

Specialty definitions using "predisposition": diet induced obese mouse, DIO mouse, driving suitability ♦ genetic predisposition test ♦ HLA-B Antigens ♦ Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary ♦ predictive genetic test, predisposition testing. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Animal Models of Cancer Predisposition Syndromes (Progress in Experimental Tumor Research, Vol. 35) (reference) Cancer Genetics and Cancer Predisposition Testing (reference) Ecogenetics: Genetic Predisposition to the Toxic Effects of Chemicals (reference) Genetic Immune and Molecular Predisposition to Hypertension (Progress in Hypertension) (reference) Genetic Predisposition to Cancer (reference) (more book examples) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		No familial predisposition is apparent. (references)
		Recent studies strongly suggest that some people have a genetic predisposition to autism. (references)
		There is a genetic predisposition to Type 1 diabetes, which occurs in 1 out of 800 people in the United States. (references)
Business		Hong Kong companies (and the Hong Kong Government itself) do not have any predisposition to any one supplier -- and are far more inclined to purchase based on the terms of price, delivery, quality and service. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Mary Tyler Moore	Nobody knows how you get it. They know certain things about it, that the predisposition to get it is genetic. You start with that. Either a virus, a trauma, either physical or an emotional one, can bring it on into active diabetes.
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"Predisposition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Predisposition" is used about 123 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	123	28,925

Expressions using "predisposition": genetic predisposition test ♦ Genetic Predisposition to Disease ♦ predisposition testing. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "predisposition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏ميل (affection, aptness, bent, bevel, cant, disposition, flair, genius, gradient, gust, gusto, inclination, lean, leaning, liking, obliqueness, obliquity, penchant, persuasion, ply, predilection, proclivity, propensity, readiness, run, sentiment, set, slant, slope, strain, tendency, tip, turn, use, will), ‏نزوع (affection, predilection, propensity, set), ‏نزعة (bent, bias, direction, disposition, genius, leaning, movement, penchant, ply, proclivity, strain, streak, temper, tendency, trend, wind), ‏قابلية (capability, disposition, faculty, susceptibility, tendency), ‏تهيؤ, ‏إستعداد (aptitude, arrangement, fittings, forthcoming, preparation, preparedness, readiness, ready, willingness). (various references)

Czech		náchylnost (inclination, liability, proclivity, propensity). (various references)

Danish		disposition (disposition). (various references)

Dutch		aanleg (accomplishment, aptitude, design, disposition, outline, sketch, talent, tendency, turn), wilsbeschikking (tendency, testament, will), predispositie (tendency), gesteldheid (condition, state, tendency). (various references)

Esperanto		dispozicio (tendency). (various references)

Finnish		alttius (dedication, inclination, liability, susceptibility, willingness). (various references)

French		prédisposition (propensity), aptitude. (various references)

German		Veranlagung (assessment, bent, disposition, habitude, idiosyncrasy, nature, rating, temper, temperament, tendency, tendency natural ~ of), neigung (affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, declination, decline, dip, disposition, fall, fondness, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, list, obliqueness, penchant, pitch, proclivity, proneness, propensity, rake, slant, slope, taste, tendance, tendency, tilt, turn), Anlage (aptitude, arrangement, conception, construction, enclosure, equipment, garden, grounds, installation, investment, layout, location, Park, plant, planting, processor, scheme, structure, system, talent, tendency, unit). (various references)

Greek		προδιάθεση (predetermination, prepossession). (various references)

Hebrew		� טי�" ק�"ומ�". (various references)

Hungarian		hajlam (aptitude, bent, bias, dispose, disposition, gift, hank, inclination, instinct, leaning, liability, penchant, proclivity, proneness, propensity, susceptibility, tendency), fogékonyság (aptitude, docility, impulsiveness, receptiveness, receptivity, responsiveness, sensibility, susceptibility, suspectability). (various references)

Indonesian		kecenderungan (inclination, preference, tendency). (various references)

Italian		predisposizione (arrangement, disposition, liability, tendency). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"質 (constitution, genetic make-up). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たいしつ (confrontation, constitution, cross-examination, exit from a room, genetic make-up, moisture-proof). (various references)

Pig Latin		edispositionpray

Portuguese		predisposição (bias, prepossession, propensity). (various references)

Romanian		predispoziţie (propensity, susceptibility, tendency, twist), înclinaţie (addiction, aptness, disposition, grain, hade, inclination, incline, individuality, lean, leaning, mind, notion, partiality, penchant, ply, proclivity, propensity, relish, set, squint, taste, tendency, turn, twist, vein, vocation). (various references)

Russian		склонность (aptitude, bent, disposition, fancy, flair, inclination, inclination for, inclination to, leaning, liking, lurch, partiality, penchant, proclivity, proneness, propensity, vocation, weakness, zest), предрасположение (prepossession). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		naklonjenost (trend). (various references)

Spanish		predisposición (diathesis). (various references)

Swedish		mottaglighet (liability, sensibility, sensitiveness). (various references)

Turkish		yatkınlık (aptness, bent, familiarity, proclivity), eğilim (affection, aptitude, bent, bias, current, device, disposition, drift, gravitation, inclination, leaning, liability, notion, obliquity, penchant, ply, proclivity, proneness, propensity, pulse, relish, sense, set, slant, squint, tendency, tenor, tide, tilt, trend, turn, twist). (various references)

Ukrainian		схильність (addiction, amenability, appetite, aptitude, aptness, bend, bent, care, hang, leaning, penchant, polarity, prepossession, strain, taste, vein). (various references)

Vietnamese		tình trạng dễ thiên về. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "predisposition": predispositions. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Predisposition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: predispostion, predissociation, redisposition. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "predisposition" (pronounced prē'di'spuzi"shun)
10	-d i' s p u z i" sh u n	disposition.
8	-s p u z i" sh u n	exposition.
7	-p u z i" sh u n	composition, deposition, imposition, juxtaposition, opposition, position, presupposition, proposition, reimposition, reposition, supposition.
6	-u z i" sh u n	acquisition, inquisition, physician, requisition.
5	-z i" sh u n	decomposition, musician, transition.
4	-i" sh u n	abolition, academician, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, condition, contrition, decommission, definition, demolition, dentition, dietitian, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, extradition, fission, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, inhibition, intermission, intuition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, politician, precondition, preignition, premonition, prohibition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, remission, rendition, repetition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transmission, tuition, volition.
3	-sh u n	abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-i-n-o-o-p-p-r-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: redisposition.
	-2 letters: prepositions.
	-3 letters: depositions, desorptions, disposition, preposition, repositions.
	-4 letters: deposition, depositors, desorption, disorients, dispersion, dripstones, inspirited, isoprenoid, isotropies, nodosities, oppression, perditions, pinstriped, pinstripes, porosities, positioned, postponers, postprison, reposition, sonorities.
	-5 letters: depositor, derisions, dirtiness, disinters, disorient, dispirits, doorsteps, drippiest, dripstone, droopiest, indispose, inspirits, iodopsins, ironsides, isotopies, opposites, perdition, pinedrops, pinstripe, piosities, poisoners, porpoises, portioned, positions.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-i-n-o-o-p-p-r-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: predispositions.
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