suggestibility

/ (səˌdʒɛstɪˈbɪlɪtɪ) /

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noun

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.
Applied Psychology for Nurses|Mary F. Porter

A fact, important if true, is the reported lack of suggestibility among the natives of the region.
The Popular Science Monthly, June, 1900|Various

Medical definitions for suggestibility

suggestibility

[ səg-jĕs′tə-bĭl′ĭ-tē, sə-jĕs′- ]

Responsiveness or susceptibility to suggestion.