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pre·dis·po·si·tion

(prē′dĭs-pə-zĭsh′ən)

A state of being predisposed; a tendency, inclination, or susceptibility.

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predisposition

(ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃən)

1. the condition of being predisposed

2. (Medicine) med susceptibility to a specific disease. See diathesis

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pre•dis•po•si•tion

(priˌdɪs pəˈzɪʃ ən, ˌpri dɪs-)

n.

the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.

[1615–25]

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Noun	1.	predisposition - susceptibility to a pathogen sensitivity susceptibility, susceptibleness - the state of being susceptible; easily affected habitus - person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease); "the consumptive habitus" sensitisation, sensitization - the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen) hypersensitivity - pathological sensitivity diathesis - constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
	2.	predisposition - an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way inclination, tendency, disposition - 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" predilection, preference, orientation - a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"
	3.	predisposition - a disposition in advance to react in a particular way disposition - a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"

predisposition

noun

1. inclination, tendency, disposition, bent, bias, willingness, likelihood, penchant, propensity, predilection, proclivity, potentiality, proneness the predisposition to behave in a certain way

2. susceptibility, tendency, proneness a hereditary predisposition to the disease

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

predisposition

noun

An inclination to something:

bent, bias, cast, disposition, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, proclivity, proneness, propensity, squint, tendency, trend, turn.

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predisposition

[ˈpriːˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən] N → predisposición f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

predisposition

[ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃ^ən] n → prédisposition f
a predisposition to sth → une prédisposition à qch
to have a predisposition to do sth → avoir une prédisposition à faire qch
to have a predisposition to sth [+ cancer, diabetes, heart disease] → avoir une prédisposition à qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

predisposition

n (= tendency, inclination) → Neigung f → (to zu); (Med) → Prädisposition f → (to für), Anfälligkeit f → (to für); he has a natural predisposition to violence → er hat eine natürliche Veranlagung zur Gewalttätigkeit

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

predisposition

[ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃ/ən] n → predisposizione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pre·dis·po·si·tion

n. predisposición, inclinación a desarrollar una condición o enfermedad debido a factores genéticos, ambientales o psicológicos.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

predisposition

n predisposición f

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I had been born with no organic, chemical predisposition toward alcohol.

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His natural inclination to blame, hitherto kept entirely in abeyance toward his father by the predisposition to think him always right, simply on the ground that he was Tom Tulliver's father, was turned into this new channel by his mother's plaints; and with his indignation against Wakem there began to mingle some indignation of another sort.

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In some, it has been too evident from their own publications, that they have scanned the proposed Constitution, not only with a predisposition to censure, but with a predetermination to condemn; as the language held by others betrays an opposite predetermination or bias, which must render their opinions also of little moment in the question.

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Old Maule's prophecy was probably founded on a knowledge of this physical predisposition in the Pyncheon race.

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This young man terrifies me, my lord; there lies in him a sanguinary predisposition."

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Marlow who was lanky, loose, quietly composed in varied shades of brown robbed of every vestige of gloss, had a narrow, veiled glance, the neutral bearing and the secret irritability which go together with a predisposition to congestion of the liver.

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Mrs Verloc's mother's complexion had become yellow by the effect of age and from a natural predisposition to biliousness, favoured by the trials of a difficult and worried existence, first as wife, then as widow.

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Benjamin Allen had perhaps a greater predisposition to maudlinism than he had ever known before; the cause of which malady was briefly this.

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Besides, I am a woman, and that should in itself fully account for my predisposition toward superstition.

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In spite of their predisposition to obedience very many of them, through a playfulness of nature, sometimes vouchsafed even to the cow, like to imagine themselves advanced people, 'destroyers,' and to push themselves into the 'new movement,' and this quite sincerely.

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He was intensely moved by the grandeur of the struggle for life, and the ethical rule which it suggested seemed to fit in with his predispositions. He said to himself that might was right.

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A subset of 67,305 participants was included in analyses assessing genetic predisposition and BMI.

Environment May Be Main Factor in Norway's Obesity Epidemic; Rise in obesity since 1960s seen in both genetically predisposed, nonpredisposed people

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