susceptibility

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The condition of being susceptible; vulnerability.
2. (countable, uncountable) emotional sensitivity.
3. (countable, uncountable) Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).
4. (countable, uncountable) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

Synonyms

sensibility

sensitivity

susceptibleness

sensitiveness

receptivity

susceptiveness

delicacy

magnetic susceptibility

excitability

impressibility

impressionability

recipiency

sensitive

squeamishness

subtlety

ticklishness

toleration

touchiness

vulnerability

well attuned to

magnetisability

susceptivity

tolerance

affectibility

aptness

specific magnetism

emotionality

erethism

liability

maneuverability

mushiness

niceness

perceptivity

predisposition

propensity

recipience

Translations

susceptibilité

susceptibilidad

Empfänglichkeit

ontvankelijkheid

prédisposition

sensibilité

susceptibilidade

suscettibilità

susceptibilitat

قابلية

vulnérabilité

vatbaarheid

recevabilité

استعداد للإصابة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti/

Etymology

From susceptible + -ity.