impressionability

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionability
Noun
  • Despite a rocky use of the miscommunication trope the stretches credulity slightly, the novel celebrates love stories and the possibility of magic made real.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The plot beats that follow Dante’s death strain credulity past its breaking point, and the fun quickly wears thin.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • The filmmakers seem to be making the point that our own kinder, gentler idealism is the outlier.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • This could result in travel restrictions or a clash between idealism and hope, versus inevitable limitations or feelings of restriction.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Such ambition and optimism were pervasive across BIO.
    Nish Acharya, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • The financial services firm's latest Business Leaders Outlook Survey, released Wednesday, found that optimism for the economy fell to 32 percent in June from 65 percent in January.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • In a system built on civilian oversight of military and diplomatic power, ignorance becomes a liability.
    Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • Commendably, both men filled their work with regular professions of their own ignorance.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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“Impressionability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionability. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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