Collocations for tendency - noun

clear, great, marked, pronounced, strong
slight
greater, growing, increased, increasing
There's a growing tendency for women to marry later.

broad, common, general
inbuilt (esp. BrE), inherent, innate, natural, underlying
human
our natural human tendency to group all the things we don't like together

alarming, dangerous, unfortunate, worrying
The later model has an unfortunate tendency to collapse after a few weeks' use.

contradictory
centrifugal
The civil war reinforced the centrifugal tendencies at work within the economy.

aggressive, destructive, homicidal, psychopathic, suicidal, violent
artistic, criminal, etc.
He displayed artistic tendencies at an early age.

homosexual, lesbian

have
display, exhibit, reflect, reveal, show
increase, reinforce
curb, reduce
overcome, resist

tendency among
a worrying tendency among the abused to become abusers

tendency for
There is a tendency for farm sizes to increase.

tendency on the part of
The tendency on the part of the children is to blame their parents for everything.

tendency towards/toward
Industry showed a tendency towards/toward increasingly centralized administration.