Topic: GROUPINGS
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Medieval Latin |
| Origin: | tendentia, from Latin tendere; TEND |
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ten‧den‧cy S3 W3
plural tendencies [countable]
plural tendencies [countable]1 if someone or something has a tendency to do or become a particular thing, they are likely to do or become it
2 a general change or development in a particular direction
there is a tendency (for somebody) to do something 
There is an increasing tendency for women to have children later in life.
There is an increasing tendency for women to have children later in life. tendency to/towards a general tendency towards conservation and recycling
a general tendency towards conservation and recycling3 a part of someone's character that makes them likely to behave in a certain way or become an artist, criminal etc : children with aggressive or anti-social tendencies
aggressive/suicidal/criminal/artistic etc tendencies
children with aggressive or anti-social tendencies4 [also + plural verb British English]PPG a group within a larger political group that supports ideas that are usually more extreme than those of the main group : the growing fascist tendency
the growing fascist tendency
