Dictionary entry details
• INCLINATION (noun)
Meaning:
An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
tendency; inclination; disposition
Context examples:
he had an inclination to give up too easily / a tendency to be too strict
Hypernyms ("inclination" is a kind of...):
attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclination"):
literalism (a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense)
perseveration (the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it)
predisposition (an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way)
favor; favour (an inclination to approve)
disapproval; disfavor; disfavour; dislike (an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group)
partiality; partisanship (an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives)
impartiality; nonpartisanship (an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally)
bent; set (a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way)
leaning; proclivity; propensity (a natural inclination)
direction (a general course along which something has a tendency to develop)
drift; movement; trend (a general tendency to change (as of opinion))
Call (a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course)
denominationalism (the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations)
devices (an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase 'left to your own devices')
sympathy; understanding (an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion)
favoritism; favouritism (an inclination to favor some person or group)
Meaning:
(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
inclination of an orbit; inclination
Hypernyms ("inclination" is a kind of...):
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Meaning:
(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
angle of inclination; inclination
Hypernyms ("inclination" is a kind of...):
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Domain category:
geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)
Meaning:
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
angle of dip; magnetic dip; magnetic inclination; dip; inclination
Hypernyms ("inclination" is a kind of...):
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Meaning:
That toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Context example:
her inclination is for classical music
Hypernyms ("inclination" is a kind of...):
liking (a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclination"):
leaning; propensity; tendency (an inclination to do something)
stomach (an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness)
undertow (an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling)
Antonym:
disinclination (that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike)
Meaning:
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
lean; list; leaning; tilt; inclination
Context examples:
the tower had a pronounced tilt / the ship developed a list to starboard / he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
Hypernyms ("inclination" is a kind of...):
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Meaning:
A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
tendency; inclination
Context examples:
the alkaline inclination of the local waters / fabric with a tendency to shrink
Hypernyms ("inclination" is a kind of...):
disposition (a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclination"):
desire (an inclination to want things)
stainability ((cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes)
electronegativity; negativity ((chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond)
buoyancy (the tendency to float in water or other liquid)
Meaning:
The act of inclining; bending forward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
inclining; inclination
Context example:
an inclination of his head indicated his agreement
Hypernyms ("inclination" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclination"):
bob (a short abrupt inclination (as of the head))
nod (the act of nodding the head)
stoop (an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward)
