tendency
/ˈtɛn.dən.si/ sustantivo B1En español: tendencia
- A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward. · Denim has a tendency to fade.· I have a tendency to get bored after the first half an hour of a movie.
- An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
Plural tendencies
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Evil tendencies are shown in early life.
But the man had hereditary tendencies of the most diabolical kind.
“There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.”
“I am by no means of opinion, I assure you,” said he, “that a ball of this kind, given by a young man of character, to respectable people, can have any evil tendency; and I am so far from objecting to dancing myself, that I shall hope to be honoured with the hands of all my fair cousins in the course of the evening; and I take this opportunity of soliciting yours, Miss Elizabeth, for the two first dances especially; a preference which I trust my cousin Jane will attribute to the right cause, and not to any disrespect for her.”
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