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Definition: PROPENSION |
PROPENSIONNoun1. The quality or state of being propense; propensity. |
Date "PROPENSION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Propension \Pro*pen"sion\, noun. [Latin expression propensio: compare to the French expression propension. See Propend, Propense.]. (Websters 1913) |
| 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). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PROPENSION |
| Non-English Usage: "PROPENSION" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (inclination, proclivity, propensity, streak). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
consumir marginal propension | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PROPENSION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | opsparingstilbøjelighed (saving propension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tendens tot sparen (saving propension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | propension épargner (saving propension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Neigung zum Sparen (saving propension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ροπή προς αποταμίευση (saving propension), αποταμιευτική τάση (saving propension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | propensione (bent, inclination, leaning, proneness, propensity, taste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opensionpray propensão poupança (saving propension). (various references) propensión a ahorrar (saving propension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "PROPENSION" (pronounced 'Pro*pen"sion'): Abrasion, Abscession, Abscision, Abscission, Abstersion, Abstrusion, Abusion, Accension, Accession, Acutorsion, Addression, Adhesion, Admission, Adversion, Affusion, Aggression, Allision, Allusion, Amission, Animadversion, Anteversion, Appension, Apprehension, Appulsion, Arrosion, Ascension, Aspersion, Assession, Aversion, Avision, Avulsion, Catabasion, Cession, Circumclusion, Circumfusion, Circumincession, Coextension, Cohesion, Cointension, Collapsion, Collision, Collusion, Comprehension, Compression, Compulsion, Concession, Concision, Conclusion, Concussion, Condescension. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-n-o-o-p-p-r-s" | |
-2 letters: poisoner, porpoise, propines, propones, snoopier, spoonier. | |
-3 letters: erosion, ionones, nippers, nonpros, operons, opposer, opsonin, orpines, pension, pinners, pinones, prenoon, propine, propone, propose, ronions, snipper, snooper, soppier, spinner. | |
-4 letters: inners, ionone, irones, nipper, nooser, nosier, onions, operon, opines, oppose, orison, orpine, orpins, pennis, pepsin, person, pinner, pinons, pipers, poiser, poison, ponies, pooris, popsie, pornos. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-n-o-o-p-p-r-s" | |
+2 letters: nonpurposive. | |
+3 letters: sporopollenin. | |
+4 letters: apportionments, nonphilosopher, preconceptions, sporopollenins. | |
+5 letters: inopportuneness, nincompooperies, nonoverlappings, nonphilosophers, nonprescription, preponderations. | |
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