predispose (verb) - to make someone inclined to think or act a certain way in advance; to make susceptible [pree-di-spohz]
BREAKDOWN: PRE- (before) + DIS- (apart) + POS- (to put or place)
predisposed means already liable to follow a certain line of thought or action or suffer a particular condition
predisposition is an increased tendency, inclination, or likelihood of a specific behavior or condition
See also: indispose, juxtaposition, posit, repose
“The heartbeat of critical thinking is the longing to know—to understand how life works. Children are organically predisposed to be critical thinkers. Across the boundaries of race, class, gender, and circumstance, children come into the world of wonder and language consumed with a desire for knowledge. Sometimes they are so eager for knowledge that they become relentless interrogators.” —Bell Hooks
