Antonyms for tendencies


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ten-duhn-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn dən si


Definition of tendencies

Origin :
  • 1620s, from Medieval Latin tendentia "inclination, leaning," from Latin tendens, present participle of tendere "to stretch, aim" (see tenet). Earlier in same sense was tendaunce (mid-15c.), from Old French tendance.
  • noun direction of movement
  • noun inclination to think or do in a certain way
Example sentences :
  • Of all disagreeable men, a man with his tendencies is the most disagreeable.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • The queen-dowager's French tendencies were more than suspected.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
  • Two tendencies seem to have beset the interpreters of Plato in this matter.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • In like manner, nature is already, in its forms and tendencies, describing its own design.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • These figures also must be taken as merely indicating the tendencies of the times.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • Could not the tendencies of criminals be used for the good of their country?
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • The period from 1800 to 1820 saw a steady increase in these tendencies.
  • Extract from : « The Frontier in American History » by Frederick Jackson Turner
  • This evolution was in conformity with all the tendencies of the imperial period.
  • Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont
  • Her freshman find was showing somewhat Sans-like tendencies.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester
  • How the trained occultist is able to ascertain the character, and tendencies of a person.
  • Extract from : « The Human Aura » by Swami Panchadasi

Synonyms for tendencies

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