An increased likelihood that something will happen If you have a genetic predisposition for heart disease, for example, it increases your chances of being affected But a genetic predisposition to heart disease does not make it a certainty - other factors, such as diet and lifestyle, are also important
If you have a predisposition to a disease or illness, it is likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness. a genetic predisposition to lung cancer. a tendency to behave in a particular way or suffer from a particular illness predisposition to/towards
If you have a predisposition to behave in a particular way, you tend to behave like that because of the kind of person that you are or the attitudes that you have. There is a thin dividing line between educating the public and creating a predisposition to panic
Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease
The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger