impressionability

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionability
Noun
  • Action movies have long strained the limits of credulity.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 July 2025
  • His credulity led to misadventures the details of which are so picayune that Chernow’s emphasis on them can be maddening.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • And in a world where time is money, conditions are ripe for a perfect storm of greed, deceit, and willful gullibility—all in the hope of getting ahead faster than the rest.
    Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Ignoring the problem of online gullibility felt irresponsible – even negligent.
    Sam Wineburg, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Then Dave Foley smoothed over the fight with perfect Canadian politesse, saying Black’s idealism was adorable in 2025.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Washington’s address lacks Jefferson’s idealism about equality and inalienable rights.
    Robert A. Strong, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But that optimism turned to terror within minutes.
    Julia Bonavita , Stepheny Price , Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • What struck me most was not only the discipline of the workforce but also the optimism that comes from having stable employment once again.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This inclination toward solitude appears to stem from underestimating others’ willingness to engage and unawareness of how much of a lift a mere social exchange can provide.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My only advice is to NOT believe her if MIL tries to claim ignorance of the dangers that have informed your decision about phones.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But if the joke and the ignorance are equally yoked, people will laugh.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Human error, carelessness and everyday habits are now the leading causes of cyber incidents, identified by CISOs worldwide.
    Max Silber, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Recently, fans and the media have been focusing more on him due to his recurring mistakes, apparently caused by carelessness with and without the ball, as well as his spotty health record.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There is a sort of beautiful obliviousness to Mann’s turn as Liz.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There is total and telling obliviousness to his giant flat-screen television, tuned to the SEC Network and a women’s soccer match between Arkansas and … Notre Dame.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Impressionability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionability. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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