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susceptibility
noun sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty \sə-ˌsep-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\
: the state of being easily affected, influenced, or harmed by something
susceptibilities : a person's feelings
plural sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ties
Full Definition of SUSCEPTIBILITY
1
: the quality or state of being susceptible; especially : lack of ability to resist some extraneous agent (as a pathogen or drug) : sensitivity
2
a : a susceptible temperament or constitution b plural : feelings, sensibilities
3
a : the ratio of the magnetization in a substance to the corresponding magnetizing force b : the ratio of the electric polarization to the electric intensity in a polarized dielectric
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First Known Use of SUSCEPTIBILITY
1644
Related to SUSCEPTIBILITY
- Synonyms
- defenselessness, vulnerability, weakness
- Antonyms
- invulnerability
Rhymes with SUSCEPTIBILITY
acceptability, accessibility, accountability, adaptability, adjustability, advisability, affordability, agreeability, attainability, availability, believability, compatibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, electability, eligibility, excitability, expendability, illegibility, immutability, implausibility, impossibility, improbability, incapability, infallibility, inflexibility, invisibility, manageability, marketability, measurability, navigability, permissibility, practicability, predictability, profitability, public utility, reliability, respectability, responsibility, reusability, separability, strict liability, survivability, sustainability, upward mobility, variability, vulnerability
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susceptibility
noun sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty \sə-ˌsep-tə-ˈbil-ət-ē\
plural sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ties
Medical Definition of SUSCEPTIBILITY
1
: the quality or state of being susceptible : the state of being predisposed to, sensitive to, or of lacking the ability to resist something (as a pathogen, familial disease, or a drug) : sensitivity
2
a : the ratio of the magnetization in a substance to the corresponding magnetizing force—see paramagnetic b : the ratio of the electric polarization to the electric intensity in a polarized dielectric
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