Definitions for predisposed
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1. predisposedadjective

   made susceptible

   "because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease"

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1. predisposedadjective

   Inclined.

2. predisposedadjective

   Made susceptible to.

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1. predisposed

   Predisposed refers to being inclined or naturally susceptible to something in advance due to one's genetic, habitual or psychological characteristics. It often means having a tendency or an increased likelihood to develop a particular disease, condition, behavior, or state based on one's genetic makeup or lifestyle factors.

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1. Predisposed

   of Predispose

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   Libby

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of predisposed in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of predisposed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of predisposed in a Sentence

1. Scott Stapp:

   Mental health issues run on both sides of my family, we’re pretty certain I was innately predisposed to it and that it was going to take a hold through my DNA whenever that time was coming.

2. Dan Schnur:

   That was a very tough hill to climb in deep-blue California, even in a general election campaign, she'd be talking to a much more ideologically diverse electorate. Whether in a primary or a general election, she's certainly going to face very difficult questions about her record at Hewlett-Packard, but a national electorate might not be as predisposed to reject her argument.

3. Jaime Rodriguez:

   There's been a big advance, neither side is negatively predisposed, there are efforts that each (side) has to make for the other (side), but we're open.

4. Thomas Sedlak:

   For people predisposed to heart disease, we know that changes in diet and exercise can help stave off the disease, but there isn’t anything like that for severe mental disorders yet.

5. Rebecca Ryan:

   There probably is reverse causation, but one of the things that some of the longitudinal research suggests is that when you look at kids over time -- so controlling for baseline rates of misbehavior -- children who are disciplined with corporal punishment versus those who are not, who have the same kinds of behavior problems, show increases in behavior problems over time in a way that children who aren't disciplined that way don't, so yes, there is probably some truth to the idea that kids who are predisposed to misbehavior for whatever reason are more likely to be spanked by parents who use that form of discipline than kids who are less likely to misbehave for whatever reason.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=predisposed
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Predisposed
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predisposed