
Meaning of SUSCEPTIBILITY
| Pronunciation: | | su`septu'bilitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] the state of being susceptible; easily affected |
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| | Synonyms: | | susceptibleness |
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| | Antonyms: | | immunity, unsusceptibility | | |
| | See Also: | | capability, capacity, condition, liability, predisposition, reactivity, sensitivity, status, suggestibility | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
2. Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional
excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation;
impressibility; sensitiveness.
{Magnetic susceptibility} (Physics), the intensity of
magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field
of unit strength. --Sir W. Thomson.
Syn: Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.
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