suggestibility

C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /səˌdʒɛstəˈbɪləti/ UK /səˌdʒestəˈbɪləti/
noun Freq #132625

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the tendency to accept and act on other people's suggestions readily

    Fatigue can increase a person's suggestibility.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the tendency to accept and... impressionabilitysusceptibility
Opposites
Word family
Related forms suggestiblesuggestion

Etymology

Formed from suggestible, ‘readily influenced by suggestion,’ plus the noun-forming suffix -ity. Suggestible ultimately derives from Latin suggerere, ‘to bring forward or suggest.’

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