mindmap root((喜好)) leaning suggests a liking or attraction not strong enough to be decisive or uncontrollable: accused of having socialist ~s. propensity implies a deeply ingrained or innate and usually irresistible longing: the natural ~ of in-laws to offer advice. proclivity suggests a strong natural or habitual proneness usually to something objectionable or evil: movies that reinforce viewers' ~ for violence. penchant implies a strong marked taste for something or an irresistible attraction by something: has a ~ for overdramatizing his troubles. flair implies an instinctive attraction that leads someone to something: a woman with a real ~ for business.