suggestibility

/ (səˌdʒɛstɪˈbɪlɪtɪ) /


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

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How to use suggestibility in a sentence

  • Quite healthy, in fact, and with a low suggestibility rating.

    The Status Civilization | Robert Sheckley
  • But surely we also know states in which the suggestibility for certain of one's own ideas is abnormally increased.

    Psychotherapy | Hugo Mnsterberg
  • There was a readiness and suggestibility to respond to rumor or to the least excitant.

    Catastrophe and Social Change | Samuel Henry Prince
  • Hysteria is a nervous disorder based upon suggestibility, and capable of imitating most known diseases.

  • A fact, important if true, is the reported lack of suggestibility among the natives of the region.