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PRONENESS
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• PRONENESS (noun)
The noun PRONENESS has 1 sense:
1. being disposed to do something
Familiarity information: PRONENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being disposed to do something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
accident proneness
Hypernyms ("proneness" is a kind of...):
disposition (a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing)
Derivation:
prone (having a tendency (to); often used in combination)
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