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Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

English proneness

From prone + -ness.

proneness (usually uncountable, plural pronenesses)

1. The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward.
   Antonym: supineness
   The proneness of animals is opposed to the erect posture of human beings.
2. The state of lying with the face down.
3. (dated) Descent; declivity.
   the proneness of a hill
4. Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition.
   proneness to self-gratification

• error-proneness
• “proneness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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