tendency
characteristic of an entity that makes a given outcome or event more likely than it would otherwise be
decisiveness
personality trait: ability to make firm decisions
latent human error
flaw in a safety-critical system or process that increases the risk of human errors
reactivity
impetus for which a chemical substance undergoes a chemical reaction, either by itself or with other materials, with an overall release of energy
cephalization
evolutionary trend forming a distinct head region in many animal lineages
disposition
tendency of a person to act in a specified way
skepticism
questioning attitude or doubt towards one or more items of putative knowledge or belief
heritability
estimation of effect of genetic variation on phenotypic variation of a trait
fickleness
propensity to change one's views, intentions, or allegiance
morphophonemic spelling
spelling tendency conservative of constituent morphemes, sometimes instead of representing sound changes
bias
any systematic tendency which causes statistical findings to differ from reality
flammability
ability to easily ignite in air at ambient temperatures
tendency of the rate of profit to fall
hypothesis in Marxist economics that, since technological innovation replaces people with machinery and since only labor produces additional value, surplus value per capital decreases, and the average rate of industrial profit falls in the long term
simplism
tendency to simplify things
spiritual bypass
spirituality as avoidance of unresolved psychological issues