predisposição — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bias noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
- penchant noun A strong liking or natural tendency toward something.
- predisposition noun A natural tendency or higher likelihood toward a certain behavior, trait, or condition.
- propensity noun A natural tendency or inclination to behave or think in a particular way.
Senses
predisposição is used for these senses in English:
- bias (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
- predisposition The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition.
- propensity An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
bias — full definition
- noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
- noun A diagonal direction across woven fabric, cut at 45 degrees to the straight threads.
- noun In statistics, a systematic error that skews a measurement or estimate away from the true value.
- verb To unfairly influence someone or something in a particular direction.