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impressionability

im·pres·sion·a·ble
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [im-presh-uh-nuh-buh l, -presh-nuh-]
    • /ɪmˈprɛʃ ə nə bəl, -ˈprɛʃ nə-/
    • /ɪmpreʃnəˈbɪlɪtɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [im-presh-uh-nuh-buh l, -presh-nuh-]
    • /ɪmˈprɛʃ ə nə bəl, -ˈprɛʃ nə-/

Definitions of impressionability word

  • adjective impressionability easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster. 1
  • adjective impressionability capable of being impressed. 1
  • noun impressionability The quality of being impressionable. 1
See all 3 definitions of impressionability

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Origin of impressionability

First appearance:

before 1825
One of the 37% newest English words
1825-35; impression + -able; compare French impressionnable

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Parts of speech for Impressionability

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Impressionability

impressionability popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for impressionability

noun impressionability

  • nervousness — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
  • subtlety — the state or quality of being subtle.
  • sympathy — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
  • sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
  • feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
All 32 Synonyms of impressionability

Antonyms for impressionability

noun impressionability

  • unconsciousness — not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
  • apathy — You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
  • impassivity — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
  • numbness — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
  • insensitivity — deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.
All 8 Antonyms of impressionability

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