English-Finnish translations for tendency

• taipumus
  Meillä kaikilla on tosiaan taipumus tehdä näin. It is true that we all have a tendency to do that.
  Taipumus vähentää turvapaikkaoikeuksia kasvaa. There is a growing tendency to curb the right of asylum.
  Näkökantoja on ollut taipumus polarisoida Kroatian osalta. There has been a tendency to polarize views with regard to Croatia.

Definition of tendency

• A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward
• An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation

Examples

• Denim has a tendency to fade.

Related words

• countertendency
• ambitendency
• central tendency
• measure of central tendency