susceptibility

[suh-sep-tuh-bil-i-tee]

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noun, plural sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ties.

state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.

capacity for receiving mental or moral impressions; tendency to be emotionally affected.

susceptibilities, capacities for emotion; feelings: His susceptibilities are easily wounded.

Electricity.

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Origin of susceptibility

1635–45; < Medieval Latin susceptibilitās, equivalent to susceptibil(is) susceptible + -itās- -ity

SYNONYMS FOR susceptibility

2. See sensibility.

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Related formsnon·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, nouno·ver·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, nounpre·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun, plural pre·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ties.un·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun

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Examples from the Web for susceptibility

One, creative fields differ in many respects, ranging from cost of production to susceptibility to digital copying.
What Would IP Free Industries Look Like? Probably Not Like Restaurants.|Megan McArdle|October 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The susceptibility of otherwise sane folks to End Times enthusiasms is odd but perhaps a bit predictable.
A Reality Check for the Doomsday Unhinged|John Avlon|May 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Our new hero has found that his capacity for love and his susceptibility to loss are more powerful than his hunger for tail.
Has Bond Lost His Balls?|Matthew Oshinsky|November 3, 2008|DAILY BEAST
This I hinted to L——, and his own susceptibility had hinted it to him efficaciously before I spoke.
Leonora|Maria Edgeworth

The difference in susceptibility of different individuals to all forms of metallic poisoning is well recognized.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
Sobieska seemed to scent this secret fear and was willing to play with Josef's susceptibility.
Trusia|Davis Brinton
If he had a weakness it was his susceptibility to feminine testimony.
The Sheriffs Bluff|Thomas Nelson Page
The same individual difference of susceptibility holds even for alcohol.
A Psychiatric Milestone|Various

British Dictionary definitions for susceptibility

susceptibility

noun plural -ties

the quality or condition of being susceptible

the ability or tendency to be impressed by emotional feelings; sensitivity

(plural) emotional sensibilities; feelings

physics

Also called: electric susceptibility(of a dielectric) the amount by which the relative permittivity differs from unitySymbol: Χ
Also called: magnetic susceptibility(of a magnetic medium) the amount by which the relative permeability differs from unitySymbol: Κ

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susceptibility

noun, plural sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ties.

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susceptibility

noun plural -ties