English-Italian translations for tendency

• predisposizione
• tendenza
  Opponiamoci quindi a tale tendenza. Let us therefore resist this tendency.
  Questa nuova direttiva si ripromette di porre fine a tale tendenza. This new directive sets out to put a stop to this tendency.
  Vi è la tendenza a dimenticare molto rapidamente. There is a tendency to forget very quickly.

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