Tendency
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Tendency may refer to:
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In politics, it is often used by far left-wing groups for an organized unit or political faction
In statistics
In film:
- Tendency filmTendency filmA is a name given to the socially conscious, left-leaning films produced in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. These were in general produced by the commercial studios, in contrast to the politically radical independent films of the Proletarian Film League of Japan...
, a name given to the socially conscious, left-leaning films produced in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s
In finance:
- Tendency of the rate of profit to fallTendency of the rate of profit to fallThe tendency of the rate of profit to fall is a hypothesis in economics and political economy, most famously expounded by Karl Marx in chapter 13 of Das Kapital Vol. 3. It was generally accepted in the 19th century...
, a hypothesis in economics and political economy, generally accepted in the 19th century, but rejected by mainstream economists today - Seasonal tendencies
In medicine:
- Bleeding tendency
In music:
- Suicidal TendenciesSuicidal TendenciesSuicidal Tendencies is a U.S. crossover thrash band founded in 1981 in Venice, Los Angeles, California by Mike Muir, its leader and only permanent member. The band is sometimes credited as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash"...
, a hardcore/crossover thrash band that was founded in Venice, Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by the leader and only permanent member, singer Mike Muir- Suicidal Tendencies (album)Suicidal Tendencies (album)-Personnel:* Mike Muir – lead vocals* Grant Estes – guitar[A]* Louiche Mayorga – bass, backing vocals* Amery Smith – drums-Production:* Glen E...
, the eponymous debut album by the American hardcore punk band Suicidal Tendencies - "Tendencies", a song by Hollywood Undead on the 2011 album American TragedyAmerican Tragedy (album)American Tragedy is the second studio album by American rap rock band Hollywood Undead. Production for the album began following the induction of Daniel Murillo into the band in early 2010 and lasted until December...
- Suicidal Tendencies (album)
In politics, it is often used by far left-wing groups for an organized unit or political faction
- Multi-tendencyMulti-tendencyMulti-tendency when used in regards to a political organization, especially a left-wing or anarchist one, means that the organization recognizes or at least tolerates members who are affiliated with or identify with a variety of ideologies within the broad stance of the organization...
, when used in regards to a political organization, especially a left-wing or anarchist one, means that the organization recognizes or at least tolerates members who are affiliated with or identify with a variety of tendencies within the broad stance of the organization- Direct Action Tendency
- Fist and Rose Tendency
- Fourth Internationalist TendencyFourth Internationalist TendencyThe Fourth Internationalist Tendency was a public faction of the Socialist Workers Party , formed after the 1983 expulsion from that organization of a group of supporters of the Fourth International. While the SWP was not formally affiliated with the International for legal reasons, it had until...
, a public faction of the Socialist Workers Party (US), formed after the 1983 expulsion from that organization of a group of supporters of the Fourth International - Grass Roots Tendency
- International Marxist TendencyInternational Marxist TendencyThe International Marxist Tendency is an international socialist organisation based on the ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky. The late Ted Grant was its chief theoretician and the person who built the organisation since its beginning. Currently, Alan Woods and Lal Khan are its best known...
, an international socialist organisation based on the ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky - International Revolutionary Marxist TendencyInternational Revolutionary Marxist TendencyThe International Revolutionary Marxist Tendency was the international Trotskyist current led by Michel Pablo. It split from the reunified Fourth International in 1965 and rejoined in 1992....
, the international Trotskyist current led by Michel Pablo. It split from the reunified Fourth International in 1965 and rejoined in 1992 - International Socialist TendencyInternational Socialist TendencyThe International Socialist Tendency is an international grouping of unorthodox Trotskyist organisations based around the ideas of Tony Cliff, founder of the Socialist Workers Party in Britain...
, an international grouping of unorthodox Trotskyist organisations based around the ideas of Tony Cliff, founder of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in Britain (not to be confused with the unrelated Socialist Workers Party in the United States) - International Spartacist Tendency
- Irish Militant TendencyIrish Militant TendencyMilitant Tendency was the Irish section of the Committee for a Workers' International in the 1970s and 1980s when it practiced entryism in the Labour Party . In Northern Ireland it operated as a separate organization known as the Labour and Trade Union Group. John Throne founded the group in 1972...
- Johnson-Forrest Tendency
- Leninist Trotskyist Tendency
- Militant tendencyMilitant TendencyThe Militant tendency was an entrist group within the British Labour Party based around the Militant newspaper that was first published in 1964...
, an entrist group within the British Labour Party based around the Militant newspaper that was first published in 1964. It described its politics as descended from Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky - Pathfinder tendencyPathfinder tendencyThe Pathfinder tendency is the unofficial name of a group of historically Trotskyist organizations that are politically and organizationally allied with the Socialist Workers Party of the United States and its perspective of solidarity with the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Communist Party.The...
, the unofficial name of a group of historically Trotskyist organizations that are politically and organizationally allied with the Socialist Workers Party of the United States and its perspective of solidarity with the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Communist Party - Proletarian Orientation Tendency, a current in the Socialist Workers Party (US) in the early 1970s
- Reorganised Minority Tendency
- Revolutionary TendencyRevolutionary TendencyRevolutionary Tendency was the name of at least two internal factions within Trotskyist organizations in the United States.*Revolutionary Tendency which developed within the Socialist Workers Party in the early 1960s....
- Trotskyist Tendency
In statistics
- Central tendencyCentral tendencyIn statistics, the term central tendency relates to the way in which quantitative data is clustered around some value. A measure of central tendency is a way of specifying - central value...
, a way of specifying - central value. In practical statistical analysis, the terms are often used before one has chosen even a preliminary form of analysis: thus an initial objective might be to "choose an appropriate measure of central tendency"
recovered names
- Maggie's Militant Tendency
- Battle TendencyBattle Tendency, initially referred to as , is the second story arc of the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It spans chapters 45 to 113 of the series, which were collected in Vols...
, the second story arc of the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It spans chapters 45 to 113 of the series, which were collected in Vols. 5 to 12 of the original Jump Comics edition - Suicidal Tendency
- Internationalist Communist Tendency, a political international whose member organisations identify with the Italian left communist tradition
- Central TendencyCentral tendencyIn statistics, the term central tendency relates to the way in which quantitative data is clustered around some value. A measure of central tendency is a way of specifying - central value...
- McSweeney's Internet Tendency
- Permanent Revolution Tendency
- Democratic Centrist TendencyDemocratic Centrist TendencyThe Democratic Centrist Tendency was an Iraqi political party founded in 2000 in London by Iraqi exiles who were opposed to the rule of Saddam Hussein...
, an Iraqi political party founded in 2000 in London by Iraqi exiles who were opposed to the rule of Saddam Hussein. The group publishes the newspaper Al-Nahdah - Leninist–Trotskyist Tendency, a Trotksyist political international
- Marxist–Leninist–Maoist Tendency, a communist group in Colombia