impressibility

NOUN

susceptibility

Synonyms

WEAK

affectability emotionality flexibility impressionability perceptivity plasticity pliancy sensibility sensitiveness sensitivity sentimentality susceptibleness tenderness

Example Sentences

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The power of generating heat is diminished, and the impressibility to cold is increased, on those portions of the skin usually clothed.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

It is true in practice just to the extent of human impressibility.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

Its close connection with the region of impressibility called Somnolence explains its supreme control over our emotions.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

But impressibility does not imply disease, although it may make the system more accessible to slight morbific agencies.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

Mental impressibility is dependent upon intellectual organs, which feel the influences of mind.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)