propension

From French propension, and its source, Latin prōpēnsiō, from the participle stem of prōpendeō.

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpɛnʃ(ə)n/

propension (plural propensions)

1. (now rare) Propensity.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     As for me, my tast is strangely distasted to it's propensions, which in us are produced without the ordinance and direction of our judgement.

• See Thesaurus:predilection

From Latin prōpēnsiō (“penchant, inclination”).

propension f (plural propensions)

1. propensity

• disposition
• inclination
• penchant
• tendance

• “propension” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).