tendency -
a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"
tendency -
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"
mental attitude,
attitude a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"
direction a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm"
trend,
drift,
movement a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
call (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"
denominationalism the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations
devices an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'; "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the children were left to their own devices"
sympathy,
understanding an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
bent,
set a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
literalism the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature
perseveration the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it
predisposition a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
