noun
1. susceptibility to a pathogen
• Syn: ↑sensitivity
• Hypernyms: ↑susceptibility, ↑susceptibleness
• Hyponyms: ↑habitus, ↑sensitization, ↑sensitisation, ↑hypersensitivity, ↑diathesis
• Attrubites: ↑sensitizing, ↑sensitising, ↑desensitizing, ↑desensitising
2. an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
• Derivationally related forms: ↑predispose
• Hypernyms: ↑inclination, ↑disposition, ↑tendency
• Hyponyms: ↑predilection, ↑preference, ↑orientation
3. a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
• Hypernyms: ↑disposition
Useful english dictionary. 2012.