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- Dictionarypredisposition/ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃn/
noun
- 1. a liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way: "a child may inherit a predisposition to schizophrenia" Similar
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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.
noun. the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically. Medicine/Medical. tendency to a condition or quality, usually based on the combined effects of genetic and environmental factors.
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.
If you have a predisposition to behave in a particular way, you tend to behave like that because of the kind of person that you are or the attitudes that you have.
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.
