noun. A state of being predisposed; a tendency, inclination, or susceptibility.

noun. The state of being previously disposed in a particular direction; previous tendency or inclination; mental or physical liability or susceptibility, as to a particular mode of thought or action.

noun. Specifically, in medicine, a condition of body in which a slight exciting cause may produce disease.

noun. The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind.

noun. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things.

noun. the state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a disease or other health problem

noun. an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way

noun. susceptibility to a pathogen

noun. a disposition in advance to react in a particular way

"Human beings come into the world with a predisposition to believe in supernatural phenomena — and this predisposition is a by-product of cognitive functioning gone awry"

disposition  

Deposition  Inquisition  Prohibition  Titian  abolition  

abnormality  animosity  antipathy  aptitude  bias  

a thing for  affinity  animus  aptitude  aptness