taipumus
Taipumus is a Finnish noun meaning a tendency or predisposition to behave in a certain way or to develop particular traits or conditions. It covers both innate biological dispositions and learned or environmental inclinations, and it is used in everyday language as well as in medical, psychological, and social scientific contexts. In English, the closest equivalents are tendency, inclination, propensity, or predisposition.
Etymology: The term derives from taipu- meaning to bend, with the suffix -mus forming an abstract noun.
Usage and examples: Common phrases include natural or hereditary taipumus, corresponding to natural or hereditary predisposition.
See also: predisposition, tendency, inclination, propensity, bias.