"predisposition" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-predisposition.wav [US] Forms: predispositions [plural]
Etymology: pre- + disposition Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|disposition}} pre- + disposition Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} predisposition (countable and uncountable, plural predispositions)
  1. The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: proclivity, propensity, predilection Translations (the state of being predisposed): предразположение (predrazpoloženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), predisposició [feminine] (Catalan), 傾向 (Chinese Mandarin), 倾向 or 傾嚮 (Chinese Mandarin), 倾向 (qīngxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), predispozice [feminine] (Czech), prédisposition [feminine] (French), მიდრეკილება (midreḳileba) (Georgian), Veranlagung [feminine] (German), Neigung [feminine] (German), predisposizione [feminine] (Italian), diatesi [feminine] (Italian), tendenza [feminine] (Italian), 傾向 (keikō) (alt: けいこう) (Japanese), praedispositio (Latin), предрасположе́ние (predraspoložénie) [neuter] (Macedonian), скло́ност (sklónost) [feminine] (Macedonian), предрасполо́женост (predraspolóženost) [feminine] (Macedonian), predyspozycja [feminine] (Polish), zadatek [masculine] (Polish), predisposição [feminine] (Portuguese), predispoziție [feminine] (Romanian), предрасполо́женность (predraspolóžennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), скло́нность (sklónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), predisposición [feminine] (Spanish), predisposition [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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