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suggestibility

British  
/ səˌdʒɛstɪˈbɪlɪtɪ /

noun

  1. psychol a state, esp under hypnosis, in which a person will accept the suggestions of another person and act accordingly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He also wanted it to consider an expert report that his low intelligence and suggestibility meant his "confession" in a police interview should not have featured in his trial.

From BBC May 13, 2025

But it’s an uncomfortable fact that one of the greatest appeals of being part of an audience is the flip side of that mindless suggestibility.

From New York Times Mar. 9, 2021

The results implied suggestibility may, at least in part, explain mirror synesthesia effects.

From Scientific American Oct. 21, 2020

When she is working on a book, she exists in a state of heightened suggestibility, as if everything she sees and hears were hers for the taking.

From The New Yorker Mar. 18, 2019

But, perhaps, the chief conclusion to be derived from hypnotic experience is the value of suggestion or suggestibility.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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