English-Swedish translations for tendency

• benägenhet
  Vi borde alltså lära oss att kontrollera vår benägenhet att lagstifta mer än normalt.So we should learn to control our tendency to legislate to an unreasonable degree.
  Det verkar som om neutrala länder har en benägenhet att vilseleda medborgare.It appears that governments in neutral countries have a tendency to mislead citizens.
  Andra parlament har tidigare haft en benägenhet att enbart sätta upp mål för detta viktiga område.In the past, in other parliaments, the tendency had been simply to set goals for this key area.
• tendens en
  Med det nya direktivet vill man få ett slut på denna tendens.This new directive sets out to put a stop to this tendency.
  I dagens politik är det en normal tendens.In today's policies, this is a normal tendency.
  Låt oss därför stå emot denna tendens.Let us therefore resist this tendency.
• trend

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