🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

傾向

Pronunciation / Transliteration: keikou

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Proneness/ˈproʊ.nəs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女の不安に対する傾向は、しばしば彼女の仕事のパフォーマンスに影響を与えた。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being inclined or disposed to something.

    "Her proneness to anxiety often affected her performance at work."
  2. 2

    A tendency to suffer from a particular condition or to behave in a certain way.

    "His proneness to injury made him cautious during training."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'proneness' originates from the Middle English term 'pronenesse', derived from the Old French 'prone', which in turn comes from the Latin 'pronus', meaning 'bent forward' or 'inclined'. Over time, the term evolved to denote a tendency or inclination towards a particular state or behavior.

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