Antonyms of noun inclination
1 of 8 senses of inclination
Sense 5
inclination -- (that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music")
Antonym of disinclination (Sense 1)
=> disinclination -- (that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; "his disinclination for modesty is well known")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun inclination
8 senses of inclination
Sense 1
inclination, disposition, tendency -- (an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict")
=> attitude, mental attitude -- (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun")
Sense 2
inclination, inclination of an orbit -- ((astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees)
=> angle -- (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Sense 3
inclination, angle of inclination -- ((geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis))
=> angle -- (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Sense 4
dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination -- ((physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon)
=> angle -- (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Sense 5
inclination -- (that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music")
=> liking -- (a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin")
Sense 6
tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning -- (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right")
=> position, spatial relation -- (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage")
Sense 7
tendency, inclination -- (a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink")
=> disposition -- (a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture")
Sense 8
inclination, inclining -- (the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement")
=> motion, movement, move, motility -- (a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility")