affectability
- noun
- /əˌfɛktəˈbɪlɪti/
- Her high level of affectability made her very sensitive to the emotions of those around her.
Examples
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The child's affectability was evident when he quickly mirrored his father's mood.
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They noted his affectability, which caused him to change his opinion based on the last person he spoke to.
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It describes ideas existing in a relationship of "continuous affectability" and developing by spreading out continuously or synechistically.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
A state of being easily affected or harmed by something
How quickly a person or thing responds to a stimulus like noise
Being easily affected or influenced by something
A tendency to be easily influenced by other people or things that happen
Being easily affected by feelings and aware of others' emotions
How easily a person accepts other people's ideas
Being easily convinced by other people
Antonyms
How Susceptible
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
affectability = affectable (transparent) = affect + able + ity
Regular formation from 'affect' → 'affectable' (capable of being affected) + '-ity', so the noun's meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
The word affectability comes from affect ('to influence' or 'to feel') and -ability ('can be'), so it means the quality of being easily influenced by other people or by feelings.