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distractibility

[ dih-strak-tuh-bil-i-tee ]

noun

, Psychiatry.
  1. inability to sustain one's attention or attentiveness, which is rapidly diverted from one topic to another: a symptom of a variety of mental disorders, as manic disorder, schizophrenia, or anxiety states.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of distractibility1

First recorded in 1900–05; distract + -ibility

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