Words Like TENDENCY
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to TENDENCY.
    
    
    
        
            27 Alternative Words Similar to tendency
   
            
               
            
            
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        Heterosis
    
    
         Noun       Hyponym
    
    
    
        
       
    
    
        3 examples of tendency
           
        
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        fabric with a tendency to shrink
    
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        the trend of the stock market
    
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        a tendency to be too strict
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of tendency
           
        
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        Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.
    
    
    
 
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        a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
    
    
    
 
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        an inclination to do something
    
    
    
 
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        a general direction in which something tends to move
    
    
    
 
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        an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
    
    
    
 
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        Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction:  observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current. 
    
    
    
 
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        A characteristic likelihood:  fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle. 
    
    
    
 
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        A predisposition to think, act, behave, or proceed in a particular way.
    
    
    
 
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        An implicit direction or purpose:  not openly liberal, but that is the tendency of the book. 
    
    
    
 
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        An implicit point of view in written or spoken matter; a bias.