tendency

tendency
noun
ADJECTIVE
clear, great, marked, pronounced, strong
slight
greater, growing, increased, increasing

There's a growing tendency for women to marry later.

broad, common, general
inbuilt (esp. BrE), inherent, innate, natural, underlying
human

our natural human tendency to group all the things we don't like together

alarming, dangerous, unfortunate, worrying

The later model has an unfortunate tendency to collapse after a few weeks' use.

contradictory
centrifugal

The civil war reinforced the centrifugal tendencies at work within the economy.

aggressive, destructive, homicidal, psychopathic, suicidal, violent
artistic, criminal, etc.

He displayed artistic tendencies at an early age.

homosexual, lesbian
VERB + TENDENCY
have
display, exhibit, reflect, reveal, show
increase, reinforce
curb, reduce
overcome, resist
PREPOSITION
tendency among

a worrying tendency among the abused to become abusers

tendency for

There is a tendency for farm sizes to increase.

tendency on the part of

The tendency on the part of the children is to blame their parents for everything.

tendency towards/toward

Industry showed a tendency towards/toward increasingly centralized administration.


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