tendency

noun2

1. •
   A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.

   • Denim has a tendency to fade.
   • I have a tendency to get bored after the first half an hour of a movie.
2. •
   An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.

   • Mao launched the struggle against the vulgar materialist tendency within the party as early as 1937. — 1974