susceptibleness

sus·cep·ti·ble  (s-spt-bl)

adj.

1. Easily influenced or affected: "She suddenly was too susceptible to her past" Jimmy Breslin.

2. Likely to be affected: susceptible to colds.

3. Especially sensitive; highly impressionable.

4. Permitting an action to be performed; capable of undergoing: a statement susceptible of proof; a disease susceptible to treatment.

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[Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere, to receive : sub-, from below; see sub- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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sus·cepti·ble·ness n.

sus·cepti·bly adv.

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Noun

1.

susceptibleness - the state of being susceptible; easily affected susceptibility condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" liability - the state of being legally obliged and responsible capability, capacity - the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment; "the capability of a metal to be fused" predisposition, sensitivity - susceptibility to a pathogen reactivity - ready susceptibility to chemical change suggestibility - susceptibility or responsiveness to suggestion