Definitions for susceptibility

susceptibility sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty

Spelling: [suh-sep-tuh-bil-i-tee]
IPA: /səˌsɛp təˈbɪl ɪ ti/

Susceptibility is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 23 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 27 points.

You can make 892 anagrams from letters in susceptibility (bceiiilpssttuy).

Definitions for susceptibility

noun

  1. state or character of being susceptible:
  2. capacity for receiving mental or moral impressions; tendency to be emotionally affected.
  3. susceptibilities, capacities for emotion; feelings:
  4. Electricity. electric susceptibility. magnetic susceptibility.

Origin of susceptibility

1635-45; Medieval Latin susceptibilitās, equivalent to susceptibil(is) susceptible + -itās- -ity

Examples for susceptibility

The total renovation of the heart is evinced by susceptibility of conscience.

The difficulty was to overcome its susceptibility to attrition.

The susceptibility of otherwise sane folks to End Times enthusiasms is odd but perhaps a bit predictable.

They are somewhat ambiguous as to their susceptibility to comparison.

Our new hero has found that his capacity for love and his susceptibility to loss are more powerful than his hunger for tail.

Alcohol increased the susceptibility of the guinea pigs also.

One, creative fields differ in many respects, ranging from cost of production to susceptibility to digital copying.

This increases the susceptibility to softening from storm water or ground water.

In the United States, the susceptibility increases as we go South.

The worst fault of the test is its susceptibility to the influence of schooling.

Word Value for susceptibility
Scrable

23

Words with friends

27

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