tendency
A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
Example
“Denim has a tendency to fade.”
Other meanings
An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
Synonyms
- trend
Related words
- ambitendency
- countertendency
- tendentious
- book bowel tendency
- central tendency
- multitendency
- measure of central tendency
- Serota tendency
- tendency tone
- tendency writing
Word history
From Medieval Latin "tendentia".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tendency” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.