propensity in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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propensity in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for propensity in the English»Italian Dictionary

propensity Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to have a propensity for sth/to do sth
avere una tendenza per qc/a fare qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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He was impatient with bureaucracy, and frequently ran into trouble with his propensity to cut corners.
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The duplex propensity to slip was combated by an automatic slip control mechanism that reduced power to the slipping unit.
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The vocational students were marked by their propensity for violence and their demands for the right to study for degrees.
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And then, of course, to show that propensity thus defined has the required properties.
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Though each person in a group will have unique knowledge, group members will have the propensity to discuss already shared information.
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The quote became widely used among climate change sceptics to argue that climate change scientists showed a propensity to exaggerate their case.
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The main challenge facing propensity theories is to say exactly what propensity means.
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This people, notwithstanding their propensity to violence, rarely employ arms in their private quarrels, but decide them with the fist or with the club.
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His interest in secondariness and doubling, as well as his propensity for revealing/discovering multiple personalities and identities, attracts us for this particular project.
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His career after then was less spectacular, and he had a propensity for hiding away and concentrating on composition without seeming overly concerned with performance.
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