SUSCEPTIBLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does susceptibleness mean? 

• SUSCEPTIBLENESS (noun)
  The noun SUSCEPTIBLENESS has 1 sense:

1. the state of being susceptible; easily affected

  Familiarity information: SUSCEPTIBLENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUSCEPTIBLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being susceptible; easily affected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

susceptibility; susceptibleness

Hypernyms ("susceptibleness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Attribute:

susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)

insusceptible; unsusceptible (not susceptible to)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "susceptibleness"):

liability (the state of being legally obliged and responsible)

capability; capacity (the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment)

predisposition; sensitivity (susceptibility to a pathogen)

reactivity (ready susceptibility to chemical change)

suggestibility (susceptibility or responsiveness to suggestion)

Derivation:

susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)

susceptible (easily impressed emotionally)