Associations to the word «Predisposition»

Wiktionary

PREDISPOSITION, noun. The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a disease or other health problem

Dictionary definition

PREDISPOSITION, noun. Susceptibility to a pathogen.
PREDISPOSITION, noun. An inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way.
PREDISPOSITION, noun. A disposition in advance to react in a particular way.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne