Susceptibility Synonyms and Antonyms

sə-sĕptə-bĭlĭ-tē
The condition of being laid open to something undesirable or injurious
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. exposure
  2. liability
  3. openness
  4. susceptibleness
  5. vulnerability
  6. vulnerableness
The state of being susceptible; easily affected
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. susceptivity
  2. awareness
  3. susceptibleness
  4. perceptivity
Antonyms:
  1. unsusceptibility
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Words Related to Susceptibility

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Susceptibility Sentence Examples

  • It has been experimentally shown that conditions such as fatigue, starvation, exposure to cold, &c., lower the general resisting powers and increase the susceptibility to bacterial infection.

  • Further acquaintance makes us feel a unity of character underlying this susceptibility to the impressions of the moment.

  • Their natural devotion and their susceptibility to pomp and ritual was a factor skilfully used by the priests, but hardly anything was done to strengthen their moral power.

  • His popularity as a preacher is said to have been chiefly due to his "high susceptibility, joined with physical advantages and perfect sincerity."

  • The susceptibility of rats has been noted from remote times and in many countries, particularly in China, but it has never attracted so much attention as during the recent prevalence of plague.

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