suggestible

adjective

sug·​gest·​ible səg-ˈje-stə-bəl How to pronounce suggestible (audio)
sə-ˈje-
: easily influenced by suggestion
suggestibility noun

Examples of suggestible in a Sentence

The patient was highly suggestible.
Recent Examples on the Web During hypnosis, the critical nature of the mind is bypassed and the subconscious mind is in a more suggestible state, hence why subjects act so silly and uninhibited on stage. Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024 That humans were so suggestible seemed like something science would need to account for. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023 In the easily suggestible Western imagination, the mosque has often been cast as a site of sinister machinations. M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023 The crowd proved particularly suggestible during this number. Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2023 Clipping electrodes onto your earlobes can leave you suggestible. Alice Bradley, Health, 9 Mar. 2023 That cynics might view them as a wealthy man’s suggestible minions hardly matters, as the sense of purpose and belonging outweighs any external contempt. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023 Potheads are a suggestible lot. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2022 The eye can make the ear surprisingly suggestible. Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of suggestible was in 1890

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“Suggestible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suggestible. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

suggestible

adjective
sug·​gest·​ible sə(g)-ˈjes-tə-bəl How to pronounce suggestible (audio)
: easily influenced by suggestion
suggestibility noun

Medical Definition

suggestible

adjective
sug·​gest·​ible sə(g)-ˈjes-tə-bəl How to pronounce suggestible (audio)
: easily influenced by suggestion
a suggestible hypnotic subject

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