Predispositions

Synonyms for "predispositions" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (4)

Related word relations

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More general

5 entries
attitudinal tendencybiaspropensityrisk factortendency

More specific

10 entries
behavioral predispositionconfirmation biascultural predispositionepigenetic predispositionfamilial predispositiongenetic predispositioninherited predispositionmeasurement biasselection biasstatus quo bias

Collocations

6 entries
behavioral predispositionscultural predispositionsfamilial predispositionsgenetic predispositionsinnate predispositionsmoral predispositions

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Benjamin Whorf hypothesized that the grammar of a language not only acts as a tool for voicing ideas but even moulds those same ideas. Ronald Wardhaugh challenges this assumption, declaring that it is possible to talk about anything whatsoever in any language: “Every natural language is a rich system which readily allows its speakers to overcome any predispositions.”

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