ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪ.ʃən ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪ.ʃɪn ɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən pɹəˈpɛnsɪti ˈtɛndənsi a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect the alkaline inclination of the local waters fabric with a tendency to shrink an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others he had an inclination to give up too easily a tendency to be too strict an inclination to do something he felt leanings toward frivolity a general direction in which something tends to move the shoreward tendency of the current the trend of the stock market