inclination

C2+ Topic:Nature & Landscape
US /ˌɪnkləˈneɪʃən/ UK /ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a natural tendency, leaning, or preference toward something

    She had little inclination to argue at that late hour.

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Etymology

From Old French inclinacion, from Latin inclinatio ('a leaning, bending'), from inclinatus, past participle of inclinare ('to bend toward'), from in- ('toward') + clinare ('to bend, lean').

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