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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

  1. noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
  2. noun A diagonal direction across woven fabric, cut at 45 degrees to the straight threads.
  3. noun In statistics, a systematic error that skews a measurement or estimate away from the true value.
  4. verb To unfairly influence someone or something in a particular direction.

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