as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a young lad with a predilection for telling tall tales
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Recent Examples of predilection
Jude told me that his predilection for montage was influenced by Sergei Eisenstein, the Russian director.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
And Americans’ predilection for nepo candidates doesn’t necessarily hold during periods of antiestablishment frustration.
—Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Should baseball ever overcome its predilection for stuffing old men into polyester double-knits, the reversal would feel like a great loss.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Peggy isn’t panicked by her son’s alpha-male predilections.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
And Americans’ predilection for nepo candidates doesn’t necessarily hold during periods of antiestablishment frustration.
—Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Should baseball ever overcome its predilection for stuffing old men into polyester double-knits, the reversal would feel like a great loss.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Peggy isn’t panicked by her son’s alpha-male predilections.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for predilection
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predilection
Noun
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Kormákur is an Icelandic filmmaker whose breakout was the 2006 crime drama Jar City and who has a tendency to bounce around both genres and continents.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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In 2024, Julie Aitken Schermer, a psychology professor at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, published a paper that showed drivers who modified their exhaust systems to be louder were more likely to have psychopathic and sadist tendencies.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The inclination is not to pay, according to Alisha Rayner, the city’s director of operations and communications.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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The 11 satellites on board are flying to a mid-inclination orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Few Democrats in the party's 2028 presidential sights have an opportunity to demonstrate political strength and party-building aptitude in swing states.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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So does discipline, defensive aptitude and goaltending.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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Sometimes the batteries on the trackers would run low, and McGovern’s team would need to remove and recharge the devices, before surreptitiously replacing them.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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In 2021, a critical vulnerability in Log4j—a logging library maintained by a handful of volunteers—exposed hundreds of millions of devices.—
Evan Johnson,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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His early work with the Heartbreakers had an affinity with the more cutting-edge sounds of punk and new wave; the term pop punk probably comes from the New York Times critic John Rockwell’s write-up of a Petty performance at the Bottom Line in 1977.—
Jack Hamilton,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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When Tezzus met diamond* in 2020, their affinity for music (and weed) kept them close, moving together as a unit.—
Oba Awolowo,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Her growing respect and affection for Valerie has been one of the season’s bright spots, particularly with Mickey gone.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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Aronofsky professed his deep affection for Mexico, calling it his favorite destination.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Predilection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predilection. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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