suggestibility

/sədʒˌɛstəbˈɪlᵻɾi/ noun

How easily someone can be influenced or convinced to believe something, especially if it's not true.

Word Origin Suggest comes from Latin 'suggerere' 'to bring under, supply,' from 'sub-' 'under' and 'gerere' 'to carry.' So suggestibility is the quality of being able to be 'carried under' an idea. The root 'gerere' gives us gesture (a carrying of the body), digest (carry apart, dissolve), and register (carry back, record). Belligerent is 'carrying war.'

noun How easily someone can be influenced or convinced to believe something, especially if it's not true.

Children often have high suggestibility and may believe stories they hear.

(名词) 易受暗示性

儿童通常有很高的易受暗示性,可能会相信他们听到的故事。

(sustantivo) sugestionabilidad; sugestibilidad [La facilidad con la que una persona puede ser influenciada o convencida de creer algo.]

Los niños a menudo tienen alta sugestionabilidad y pueden creer las historias que escuchan.

(nom) suggestibilité; malléabilité [Facilité avec laquelle une personne peut être influencée ou amenée à croire quelque chose, surtout si c'est faux.]

Les enfants ont souvent une forte suggestibility et peuvent croire les histoires qu'on leur raconte.

(Substantiv) Beeinflussbarkeit; Suggestibilität [Die Leichtigkeit, mit der jemand beeinflusst oder überzeugt werden kann, etwas zu glauben, insbesondere wenn es nicht der Wahrheit entspricht.]

Kinder haben oft eine hohe **suggestibility** und glauben Geschichten, die sie hören.

(名詞) 特に真実でないことまでも含めて、他人の言動に影響されたり信じ込まされたりしやすさ。

子どもは暗示への感受性が高く、聞いた話をそのまま信じてしまうことが多い。

(substantivo) susceptibilidade; influenciabilidade [A facilidade com que alguém pode ser influenciado ou convencido a acreditar em algo, especialmente se não for verdade.]

Crianças geralmente têm alta sugestionabilidade e podem acreditar em histórias que ouvem.

Word parts: suggest + ible + ity

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