as in vulnerability
the quality or state of having little resistance to some outside agent
his aunt's unfortunate susceptibility to viruses meant she was nearly always sick a country parson who had a well-known susceptibility to anyone with a hard-luck story
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Recent Examples of susceptibility
Van Haren noted that susceptibility to the flu itself was likely a key risk factor.
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Andrew Zeng, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
There is variability, too, in susceptibility: Some people might develop CTE after fewer blows to the head.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 29 July 2025
The density matched with the magnetic susceptibility on a perfect line, with one type all over here, and the second type over there.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Red 40 has been associated with increasing hyperactivity, possibly irritability, and more susceptibility to children, according to WebMD.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
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Andrew Zeng, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
There is variability, too, in susceptibility: Some people might develop CTE after fewer blows to the head.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 29 July 2025
The density matched with the magnetic susceptibility on a perfect line, with one type all over here, and the second type over there.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Red 40 has been associated with increasing hyperactivity, possibly irritability, and more susceptibility to children, according to WebMD.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for susceptibility
Recent Examples of Synonyms for susceptibility
sensitivity
Noun
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This heat sensitivity forced Goldie toward the forensic study of cold volcanoes.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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Now, that same team at the University of Barcelona has described the underlying mechanism for these individual differences in music reward sensitivity.—
Jay Kakade
August 10,
New Atlas,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Susceptibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/susceptibility. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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