susceptibility
noun
state or character of being susceptible.
susceptibilities
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pluralof susceptibility.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He is one of the 90% of people with so-called idiopathic disease: Their Parkinson’s has no clear genetic cause but almost certainly results from some combination of ill-defined genetic susceptibilities and environmental triggers.
From Science Magazine ● May 4, 2023
Social media, he says, exacerbate some dangerous susceptibilities — to demagoguery and moral vanity — that are neither new nor entirely expungable.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021
Jeff Bardin, the chief intelligence officer at cybersecurity firm Treadstone 71, told Fox News that almost immediately after Soleimani's death, Iranian hackers began infiltrating U.S. city websites, searching for susceptibilities.
From Fox News ● Jan. 3, 2020
Without the plant host susceptibilities, the pathogen would starve before the plant got sick.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2018
Fern Brake, Near Melbourne Fern Tree Gully Australian Home—Martin Zelius Prince's Bridge, Melbourne The man who writes thus abruptly, treading upon the tender susceptibilities of Kentucky pilgrims, calls for more than passing mention.
From The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
