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proneness
" It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence."
Matthew Arnold

Meaning of "proneness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PRONENESS

ˈprəʊnnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRONENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proneness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRONENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of proneness in the English dictionary

The first definition of proneness in the dictionary is the quality or state of lying flat or face downwards or being prostrate. Other definition of proneness is the quality or state of sloping or tending downwards. Proneness is also the quality or state of having an inclination to do something.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRONENESS

cleanness · commonness · evenness · fineness · genuineness · greenness · keenness · leanness · meanness · oneness · openness · outspokenness · plainness · rottenness · sternness · stubbornness · suddenness · thinness · unevenness · wantonness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRONENESS

pron. · pronaos · pronate · pronation · pronator · prone · pronely · pronephra · pronephric · pronephroi · pronephros · proneur · prong · prong key · prongbuck · pronged · pronghorn · pronk · pronominal · pronominalisation

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRONENESS

adhesiveness · appropriateness · attentiveness · attractiveness · awareness · awesomeness · brand awareness · business · closeness · competitiveness · completeness · cost-effectiveness · cuteness · doneness · effectiveness · hoarseness · likeness · responsiveness · self-awareness · soreness · uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of proneness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRONENESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «proneness» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «proneness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRONENESS

Find out the translation of proneness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of proneness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proneness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

倾向
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

propensión
570 millions of speakers
en

English

proneness
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

उन्मुखता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قابلية التعرض
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

склонность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

propensão
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অনুরক্তি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

prédisposition
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ketepuan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Neigung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

傾性
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

경향성
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Proneness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

proneness
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உள்ளாகும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Proneness
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

meyil
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

propensione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

skłonność
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

схильність
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

proneness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

proneness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geneigdheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

benägenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

proneness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proneness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRONENESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of proneness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «proneness».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proneness

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QUOTES WITH «PRONENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word proneness.
1
Matthew Arnold
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRONENESS»

Discover the use of proneness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proneness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Modified Obesity Proneness Model in the Prediction of ...
The study was non-experimental in design, employing a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data collected as part of a modified Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) administered in Sarasota County, Florida, high schools during fall 2006.
Joyce E. (Jen). Nickelson, 2008
2
Linking Adolescents' Problem Behaviors and Parents' Divorce ...
The present study examined the relationship between adolescents' problem behaviors and parents' divorce proneness with a sample of 416 families.
Mary Julia Constance Moore, 2007
3
The Association of Thought-action Fusion to Suicidal ...
... proneness..................................................................................51 Injury-related proneness...................................................................................53 Self-related proneness........................................................................
Jeffrey James Klibert, 2008
4
Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior
In a sample of several hundred undergraduates, Williamson, Sandage, and Lee ( 2007) evaluated several mediational models to examine the implications of social connectedness for guilt proneness, shame proneness, differentiation of self, ...
Mark R. Leary, Rick H. Hoyle, 2013
5
Individual Differences and the "high-risk" Commercial Driver
The remainder of this chapter reviews the original concept of accident proneness and describes several models or concepts of crash risk and the driver errors associated with them. 3.1 THE CONCEPT OF ACCIDENT PRONENESS Accident  ...
‎2004
6
Beyond Adolescence: Problem Behaviour and Young Adult ...
adult personality system proneness (beta = .92), on later perceived environment system proneness (beta = .46), and on later behavior system proneness (beta = . 54). It is important to emphasize that the effect of personality system proneness in  ...
Richard Jessor, 1994
7
Shame Management Through Reintegration
Personality Variables While experiences at home and at school are likely to shape shame management strategies and explain bullying, the following personality characteristics are likely to play a role as well. Guilt-proneness ...
‎2001
8
Individual Differences in Proneness to Pride and Proneness ...
In general, the results of the studies indicate that the psychometric characteristics and the evidence for inferences of construct validity were stronger for the frequency measure than for the scenario measure.
Jeremy Offenstein, 2008
9
Empathic Aspects of Absorption and Fantasy Proneness in ...
This study examined the levels of empathy, imagination, and absorption of individuals who regularly play fantasy and science fiction role playing games.
Anissa Rivers, 2006
10
Handbook of Self and Identity, Second Edition
in samples of adolescents. In one study, guilt-proneness assessed in the fifth grade negatively predicted arrests and convictions reported by the participant at age 18. In contrast, shame proneness predicted neither (Tangney & Dearing, 2002).
Mark R. Leary, June Price Tangney, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRONENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proneness is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Troy Tulowitzki-Jose Reyes trade: Six things to know
How well the playing surface in Toronto mixes with Tulowitzki's lower-half injury proneness remains to be seen. 3. From the Blue Jays' 2015 ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
2
Mike Montgomery: Montgomery pitches into 7th in no-decision
Despite a solid 3.20 ERA, Montgomery has battled control issues and a proneness to home runs lately: he has walked 13 batters and allowed ... «Rotoworld.com, Jul 15»
3
Is There Too Much Hype and Pressure on Arsenal?
Theo Walcott may very well develop as a center striker, but given his injury proneness and his lack of experience at the CF position, he remains ... «Pain In The Arsenal, Jul 15»
4
Ethiopia, US Enjoy Not Superficial but Solid Ties
Particularly, Ethiopia and the US have a commonality of interest, proneness and solid relation in the fight against terrorism. Ethiopia has been a ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Study Finds Genetic Similarities Between Europeans and non …
... 10,000 non-European DNA samples, the researchers discovered 38 other genomic regions that influence the proneness to develop IBD. «IBD News Today, Jul 15»
6
Rock On: Jimmy Fallon and The Roots Jam with U2!
Jimmy even poked fun at himself and U2 members Bono and The Edge for their accident proneness as of late (Jimmy almost lost his finger last month after an ... «Hollywire, Jul 15»
7
Krishna, East Godavari are “very highly prone” to cyclones: Centre
... from the coast have been classified based on their proneness in terms of frequency of total cyclones and severe cyclones crossing the district ... «The Siasat Daily, Jul 15»
8
European Transfer Rumours: Reus, Shaqiri, Draxler, Menez and More
... position after club bosses considered selling current full-back Fabio Coentrao, due to his injury proneness and inconsistent performances. «90min, Jul 15»
9
4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Stacks for 7/21/15
The Astros -- despite their crazy strikeout proneness -- still rank eighth in the league in wOBA against lefties at .318. That hops up to .328 at ... «numberFire, Jul 15»
10
Rock and Refuge with Fr. Roy Cimagala
We need to be more prepared to cope with this proneness, cultivating the relevant attitude, skills and virtues. The basic problem we have is that ... «Visayan Daily Star, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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