inclination
in-kluh-NAY-shunnounMeaning a natural tendency or liking
Memory hook IN-CLINE: you LEAN toward it. Every morning the sunflowers lean toward the sun, and so does Rosa, who heads straight for the sunny dock; leaning toward what you like is an inclination.
Dev has an inclination to doodle in the margins of every notebook.
In context Though her parents hoped she would study law, Rosa’s inclination was toward the sea; she spent every free hour on the docks, learning to sail.
Similar tendency, leaning, bent, liking
Opposite aversion, dislike, disinclination
From Latin inclinare, “to lean toward”: in- (toward) + clinare (to bend).