A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward. / (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.

Obsolete form of tendency.

plural of tendency

plural of tendence

(literature) Literature produced in order to promote a cause or serve a rhetorical purpose that the writing itself never makes explicit. These purposes are typically social, political, or moral.

plural of tendency tone

(music) a pitch that tends to move toward another pitch, usually the submediant or the leading tone

(derogatory) A branch of the modern art movement, especially in the UK, as epitomised by art chosen for the Tate and the Turner Prize.

plural of tendency writing

plural of measure of central tendency