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susceptibility noun [ səˌsɛptɪˈbɪlɪti ]

• the state or fact of being likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
• "lack of exercise increases susceptibility to disease"
Similar: vulnerability, sensitivity, openness, defencelessness, receptiveness, responsiveness, liability, inclination, predisposition, proneness, propensity, weakness, likelihood,
Opposite: immunity, resistance,
• a person's feelings, typically considered as being easily hurt.
• "I was so careful not to offend their susceptibilities"
• the ratio of magnetization produced in a material to the magnetizing force.


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