Inclination and Way

Inclination

Inclination noun - A habitual attraction to some activity or thing.

Usage example: her natural inclination to help people in need

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Way and inclination are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun "Inclination".

Nearby Words: incline, inclined, inclining, inclinable

Way noun - A usual manner of behaving or doing.

Usage example: she's set in her ways and is not about to change

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Inclination and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Inclination" instead a noun "Way".

good	good inclination	good way
special	special inclination	special way
particular	particular inclination	particular way
better	better inclination	better way
Other adjectives: similar, normal, natural, specific, certain, true, disturbing, real, great, strange.

At times the justification has been made that if you have a gun and an enemy, your inclination is to use the gun to kill your enemy, while he'd prefer to see if there's another way first.

Source: Doesn't Like Guns
Astérix: As expected from pirates, they are a motley crew of several nationalities and one inclination: get gold through the easy cutthroat way.

Source: Equal-Opportunity Evil
There's a clear ideological bent this way in Starfleet medical school in general — an inclination to take "first do no harm" as far as the Prime Directive allows it; this may be because subsequent series are a Generation Xerox of the first.

Source: The McCoy

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