Suggestible
adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed.
"In Europe, through his clinical and forensic work, Gisli Gudjonsson noted that some individuals seemed to be more suggestible than others. This approach assumed that suggestibility is a trait and led to the development of a model of interrogative suggestibility (Gudjonsson & Clark, 1986)."
- 1 susceptible or responsive to suggestion wordnet
Example
More examples"In Europe, through his clinical and forensic work, Gisli Gudjonsson noted that some individuals seemed to be more suggestible than others. This approach assumed that suggestibility is a trait and led to the development of a model of interrogative suggestibility (Gudjonsson & Clark, 1986)."
Etymology
From suggest + -ible.
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