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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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Psychologist Dr Harry Wood said his assessment of Sullivan had highlighted his "limited intellectual capacity" and "suggestibility", which he said should have led to concerns about his answers in interviews and his apparent confessions.

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

A big question now is how broad an issue suggestibility effects are for psychology in general.

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

This makes one think of two tendencies: suggestibility on the one hand, and opposition on the other.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)

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