impressionability

noun

Definition of impressionabilitynext
as in credulity

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Recent Examples of impressionability Your stepson is a teenage boy, the definition of volatility and impressionability. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionability
  1. credulity
  2. gullibility
  3. idealism
  4. optimism
  5. unawareness
  6. ignorance
  7. credulousness
  8. carelessness
Noun
  • What’s worse is the scene that follows, revealing the clean-up of multiple bodies and an elaborate rewriting of the narrative that strains credulity to put it mildly, not to mention shortchanging the Mexican characters.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The earlier series has increasingly strained credulity by having its romance plots hinge on inequalities of gender and class, but seldom of race.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of credulity
Noun
  • Both films expose the massive gullibility and brazenness in every rung of American society.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond the mystery at the novel’s core, Candlish examines themes of #MeToo harassment, truth versus fiction in social media trends, boomerang kids, and the fine line between gullibility and trust.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of gullibility
Noun
  • For Abkarian, Churchill and De Gaulle were united by an idealism that set them apart from Roosevelt’s political pragmatism.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But her idealism coexisted with a ruthless pragmatism, said David Walters, who came up in Democratic politics in the same era and would eventually become the state’s governor.
    — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of idealism
Noun
  • Yet the business has also been reshaped in ways that give reason for optimism.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Oil prices fell to $90 a barrel on hopes surrounding talks to end wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, though analysts sought to temper that optimism.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of optimism
Noun
  • Have hypoglycemia unawareness – an absence of warning signs for high blood sugar.
    — Reed Berger-Fleishman, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Black enrollees reported the highest rate of unawareness of work requirements at 62%, compared to 56% among White enrollees and 54% among Hispanic enrollees.
    — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Definition of unawareness
Noun
  • Celebrants place rows of traditional clay oil lamps outside their homes to symbolize the victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The firehose of the same few examples in high school and college sports being blasted ad nauseam is not evidence of anything but the power of fear and ignorance of biology.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of ignorance
Noun
  • Her credulousness has actually served Fox as a legal defense, since a person has to know a statement was false or show reckless disregard for the truth in order to be held liable for defamation.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of credulousness
Noun
  • Now his carelessness had tainted her memory of this auspicious day.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Is there a difference in honest mistakes and patterns of carelessness?
    — Joe Perkins, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of carelessness

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“Impressionability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionability. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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