suggestible
subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
that may be suggested.
Origin of suggestible
1Other words from suggestible
- sug·gest·i·bil·i·ty, sug·gest·i·ble·ness, noun
- sug·gest·i·bly, adverb
- hy·per·sug·ges·ti·bil·i·ty, noun
- hy·per·sug·ges·ti·ble, adjective
- hy·per·sug·ges·ti·ble·ness, noun
- hy·per·sug·ges·ti·bly, adverb
- non·sug·gest·i·ble, adjective
- un·sug·gest·i·ble, adjective
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How to use suggestible in a sentence
Braid’s central discovery—that concentration can guide the brain toward a more suggestible state—was and remains controversial.
She had mental health issues, substance abuse problems, and cognitive limitations that lead people to be overly compliant and suggestible.
Texas Is About to Execute a Woman for Her Daughter's Death. But She May Well Be Innocent | Saul Kassin | April 20, 2022 | TimeHe also knows that he must be imagining this, a mere trick of the mind, an influence from the gravitas of the setting and his current suggestible state.
I decided that either I got the vaccine, or I got the placebo and am a highly suggestible human.
Vaccines are the latest battleground for doctors on social media | Abby Ohlheiser | December 28, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewOK more provocative than accurate but if you were highly suggestible I'm sure I could sit you down, say relax, and convince you.
Danny Boyle, Director of 'Trance,' On His Favorite Psychological Thrillers | Danny Boyle | April 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is always suggestible people who are likely to have premonitions.
Psychotherapy | James J. WalshPeople who are very suggestible can be led into states of mind which preclude criticism or reflection.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerA child who is "suggestible" to a high degree shows it in what we call "motility."
The Story of the Mind | James Mark BaldwinYou were so dogmatic and argumentative that Dr. Hoyt is a suggestible schoolboy in comparison.
No Charge for Alterations | Horace Leonard GoldHow deeply suggestible the mass of people can be is only appreciated when one sees the result of public health lectures and books.
The Nervous Housewife | Abraham Myerson
British Dictionary definitions for suggestible
/ (səˈdʒɛstɪbəl) /
easily influenced by ideas provided by other persons
characteristic of something that can be suggested
Derived forms of suggestible
- suggestibleness, noun
- suggestibly, adverb
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