'Susceptibility' definitions:
Definition of 'susceptibility'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn: susceptibility, susceptibleness] [ant: immunity, unsusceptibility]
Definition of 'Susceptibility'
From: GCIDE
- Susceptibility \Sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Susceptibilities. [Cf. F. susceptibilit['e].]
- 1. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness. [1913 Webster]
- Magnetic susceptibility (Physics), the intensity of magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field of unit strength. --Sir W. Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'susceptibility'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a thing for,
- ability,
- ableness,
- accessibility,
- adaptability,
- adequacy,
- affectibility,
- affection,
- affectionateness,
- affectivity,
- affinity,
- agreeability,
- amativeness,
- amenability,
- amenableness,
- amorousness,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- bendability,
- bent,
- bias,
- brightness,
- caliber,
- capability,
- capableness,
- capacity,
- cast,
- cleverness,
- competence,
- conatus,
- conduciveness,
- defenselessness,
- delicacy,
- delight,
- demonstrativeness,
- diathesis,
- disposition,
- docility,
- ductibility,
- ductility,
- eagerness,
- ecstasy,
- educability,
- efficacy,
- efficiency,
- elasticity,
- enchantment,
- exposure,
- extendibility,
- extensibility,
- facility,
- faculty,
- feeling for,
- fictility,
- fitness,
- flair,
- flexibility,
- flexility,
- flexuousness,
- formativeness,
- genius,
- give,
- goatishness,
- helplessness,
- horniness,
- impressibility,
- impressionability,
- inclination,
- influenceability,
- intelligence,
- leaning,
- liability,
- liking,
- limberness,
- limen,
- litheness,
- lovelornness,
- lovesickness,
- malleability,
- moldability,
- motivation,
- movability,
- nakedness,
- nonimmunity,
- open-mindedness,
- openness,
- openness to sensation,
- penchant,
- perceptibility,
- persuadability,
- perviousness,
- physical sensibility,
- plasticity,
- pliability,
- pliancy,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- prejudice,
- probability,
- proclivity,
- proficiency,
- proneness,
- propensity,
- qualification,
- quickness,
- rapture,
- readiness,
- readiness of feeling,
- receptiveness,
- receptivity,
- responsiveness,
- romanticism,
- sensation level,
- sensibility,
- sensibleness,
- sensitiveness,
- sensitivity,
- sensitivity to,
- sentience,
- sentiency,
- sentimentality,
- sequacity,
- sexiness,
- soft spot,
- springiness,
- submissiveness,
- sufficiency,
- suggestibility,
- suppleness,
- susceptivity,
- swayableness,
- talent,
- teachability,
- teachableness,
- tendency,
- tensileness,
- tensility,
- the goods,
- the stuff,
- threshold of sensation,
- tractability,
- tractility,
- trainableness,
- tropism,
- turn,
- twist,
- vulnerability,
- warp,
- weakness,
- what it takes,
- willingness,
- willowiness