susceptibility Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being susceptible; easily affected
    susceptibleness.

    WordNet

    Sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty noun
    Etymology
    Cf. F. susceptibilité.
    Wordforms
    plural Susceptibilities
    Definitions
    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. Syn. -- Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.

    Webster 1913