If these tendencies continue, those aged 65 or more will account for a quarter of the population within 30 years.
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Tendencies
//ˈtɛndənsiz//
Synonyms for "tendencies" (182 found)
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It’s quite obvious that the purport of these misanthropic theories consists in slandering the working masses, relieving imperialism from the responsibility for the bloody wars it provokes, and imposing the thought that wars are endless and are allegedly caused by aggressive tendencies in human nature.
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There is a philosophical branch of Buddhism, and a religious one, and in each of them several tendencies have developed.
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Tom has never exhibited any violent tendencies.
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