Definitions for: Susceptibility

[n] the state of being susceptible; easily affected

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: susceptibleness

Antonyms: immunity, unsusceptibility

See Also: capability, capacity, condition, liability, predisposition, reactivity, sensitivity, status, suggestibility

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