unsuggestible

C2+ Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ˌʌnsəˈdʒɛstəbəl/ UK /ˌʌnsəˈdʒestəbəl/
adj Freq #1350041

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not readily influenced by suggestion, persuasion, or another person's expectations

    The unsuggestible witness resisted the interviewer's leading questions.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not readily influenced by... independent-mindeduninfluenceableresistant
Opposites
suggestibleimpressionableinfluenceable
Word family
Derived forms unsuggestibility
Related forms suggestiblesuggestionautosuggestion

Etymology

Formed from un- 'not' and suggestible. Suggestible arose from suggest, from Latin suggerere 'to bring up or supply,' plus -ible; the psychological sense concerns susceptibility to ideas or prompting.

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