predisposition
IPA: pridɪspʌzˈɪʃʌn
noun
- The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition.
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Examples of "predisposition" in Sentences
- Is it a policy or predisposition in favor of Jews
- They seem to have a predisposition to assume the worst.
- It is a predisposition for biological motion in the newborn baby.
- The causes are unclear, but there may be a genetic predisposition.
- As a child, Dominic shows a predisposition for the hand and drama.
- It explains the genetic predisposition for the inability to digest milk.
- Similarly, not everyone with a genetic predisposition develops the disease.
- The 'genetic' effects confer the predisposition to cancer to the offspring.
- We group people in terms of religion and tongue not genetic predisposition.
- Biologists look for evidence of genetic predisposition to behavioral patterns.