proclivity

1. 1.

   a natural inclination

   “he has a proclivity for exaggeration”

   Synonymspropensityleaning

   Broaderinclination

Other forms of proclivity

plural

proclivities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about proclivity

What does proclivity mean?

proclivity means "a natural inclination".

How many syllables are in proclivity?

proclivity has 4 syllables: pro-cliv-i-ty. The stress falls on "cliv". In IPA it is /pɹoʊˈklɪvəti/.

What is another word for proclivity?

Close synonyms include propensity, leaning. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is proclivity a common word?

proclivity is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.