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PREDISPOSITION definition: 1. the state of being likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease…. Learn more.
Predisposition definition: the fact or condition of being predisposed. See examples of PREDISPOSITION used in a sentence.
A predisposition is a tendency to do something. If you know you have a predisposition toward getting carsick, better to plan ahead and avoid eating before a long drive. Things could get ugly.
predisposition in American English. (priˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən, ˌpridɪs-) noun. 1. the fact or condition of being predisposed. a predisposition to think optimistically. 2. Medicine. tendency to a condition or quality, usually based on the combined effects of genetic and environmental factors.
PREDISPOSITION meaning: 1. the state of being likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease…. Learn more.
1. : to dispose in advance. a good teacher predisposes children to learn. 2. : to make susceptible. malnutrition predisposes one to disease. intransitive verb. : to bring about susceptibility. predisposition. ˌprē-ˌdi-spə-ˈzi-shən. noun. Did you know? What is the difference between disposition and predisposition?
predisposition (to/towards something) | predisposition (to do something) a condition that makes somebody/something likely to behave in a particular way or to have a particular illness. a genetic predisposition to liver disease.
noun. 1. inclination, tendency, disposition, bent, bias, willingness, likelihood, penchant, propensity, predilection, proclivity, potentiality, proneness the predisposition to behave in a certain way. 2. susceptibility, tendency, proneness a hereditary predisposition to the disease.
Definition of predisposition noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Predisposition definition: A state of being predisposed; a tendency, inclination, or susceptibility.
