tendency

/ˈtɛndənsi/

意味: 傾向

例文: Lena has a tendency to overthink.
　　  レナは考えすぎる傾向がある。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: strong tendency(強い傾向), natural tendency(自然な傾向), growing tendency(増加する傾向)

定義: 物事が特定の方向や方法に進む傾向や習慣のことです。人や物がよくする行動や、よく起こることを指します。たとえば、ある人がいつも遅刻するなら、その人には遅刻する傾向があります。

tendencyは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Noun: an inclination to do something
Noun: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
Noun: a general direction in which something tends to move

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

Noun: he had an inclination to give up too easily
Noun: a tendency to be too strict
Noun: he felt leanings toward frivolity
Noun: the alkaline inclination of the local waters
Noun: fabric with a tendency to shrink
Noun: the shoreward tendency of the current
Noun: the trend of the stock market

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): disposition, inclination, leaning, propensity, tendency, trend

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attitude, direction, disposition, inclination

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): aptness, bearing, course, credence, culture, defensive, disrespect, east-west direction, hardball, high horse, inclination, intolerance, irreverence, leaning, mentality, mordacity, north-south direction, orientation, paternalism, position, predisposition, proneness, qibla, respect, reverence, separatism, southernism, stomach, tendency, tolerance, undertow

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bent, buoyancy, call, denominationalism, desire, devices, direction, disfavor, drift, electronegativity, favor, favoritism, heterosis, impartiality, literalism, partiality, perseveration, predisposition, proclivity, stainability, sympathy

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: dispose, incline, tend, tendencious, tendentious

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): y

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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