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susceptibilities

[suh-sep-tuh-bil-i-tee]

sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty

[suh-sep-tuh-bil-i-tee]
noun, plural -ties.
1.
state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
2.
capacity for receiving mental or moral impressions; tendency to be emotionally affected.
3.
susceptibilities, capacities for emotion; feelings: His susceptibilities are easily wounded.

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

non·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun
o·ver·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun
pre·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun, plural -ties.
un·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun


2. See sensibility.

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