tendency

(tĕnˈdən-sē)

1. Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction: observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current.
2. A characteristic likelihood: fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle.
3. A predisposition to think, act, behave, or proceed in a particular way.
4. a. An implicit direction or purpose: not openly liberal, but that is the tendency of the book.
   b. An implicit point of view in written or spoken matter; a bias.