Antonyms for tendency

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ten-duhn-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn dən si

Definition of tendency

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 inclination to think or do in a certain way
noun direction of movement

Example sentences :

I freely say that the tendency of my thought, based on observation, is to conservatism.
Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams

This tendency is in every one of us; but in some of us more than in others.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

That Hester had a tendency to high church had little or nothing to do with the matter.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

He was sorry to see this tendency to aristocracy on the part of members.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various

Now the tendency in France seems to be to go back to the monoplane.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

Obscurity of station or of birth has no tendency to prelude the favour of God.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

Among the desperate there is almost invariably a tendency to mirth.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"The tendency is to a greater tolerance of the notion," I said.
Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells

The sentences that precede that quoted by Sir Martin are Greek in tendency.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Everything that exists is a force, either action or tendency to action.
Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet

Synonyms for tendency

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