proclivity
proh-KLIV-ih-teenounMeaning a tendency, often toward something one should not do
Memory hook PRO-CLIV: a SLOPE toward mischief. No matter how many signs say NO CLIMBING, Pip always scrambles up the slide the wrong way; he has a proclivity for it.
The raccoon’s proclivity for raiding trash cans did not make it popular with the neighbors.
In context His proclivity for arguing with referees cost the team several penalties, and the coach finally benched him for the rest of the season.
Similar tendency, leaning, bent, weakness
Opposite aversion, disinclination
From Latin proclivitas, from proclivis (sloping forward): pro- (forward) + clivus (slope).