plastic
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˈplæstɪk/
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maleable
- And maybe our minds aren't as receptive and elastic and, and, and plastic as they were when we were infants.
Well, now we know that brains are plastic and brains are permeable.
- Well, now we know that brains are plastic and brains are permeable.
- You know, India's polytheistic, it's plastic, it's pluralist.
- And you're talking about children and teenagers with incredibly plastic minds.
- And maybe our minds aren't as receptive and elastic and, and, and plastic as they were when we were infants.
- The beauty is that this, unlike DNA, it's plastic.
- And memory is a memory is not, it's not marble, it's not even plastic.
- And, and any parent who has a child knows that the learning brain is very plastic.
Examples
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Well, now we know that brains are plastic and brains are permeable.
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Experts agree that the brain remains plastic well into adulthood, allowing for continued growth and adjustment.
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It can literally create states in the mind in which your brain is more plastic and able to change and learn more quickly.
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And you're talking about children and teenagers with incredibly plastic minds.
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It makes the past, as he says, as plastic and malleable as the future.
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So it is certainly true that when you're very young, the brain is just amazingly plastic and and rewires.
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Spatial navigation may prove to be particularly useful in these domains because of its known dependence on the highly plastic brain systems that may be both benefited by training but also vulnerable to AD pathology.
Academic text (2017) -
At a young age, children have very plastic minds, making them more adaptable to learning new concepts.
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The therapy aimed to encourage a more plastic mindset in participants, helping them to embrace change and new ideas.
Synonyms
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3.4
Able to change or be changed to fit different situations
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3.4
Able to change to fit new situations
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6.0
Easily influenced by others and likely to change opinions
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4.2
Easy to bend or shape
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6.5
Willing to change ideas or plans to fit a situation
Something other people can easily change
Easy for someone to change or control
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.6
Operations that repair body parts or change them to improve looks
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4.0
A doctor who operates to repair or change parts of the body, especially the face and skin
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A hard, easy to clean surface made of layers of plastic for furniture or countertops
- Specialized
A hard, water-resistant plastic used as glue or a coating for paper and wood
- Specialized
A strong plastic that resists chemicals and does not change easily
- Specialized
A hard plastic made from special resin that resists heat and does not carry electricity
- Slur
A person who claims to be Irish without Irish family background, often used as an insult
- Offensive
A person who pretends to have real spiritual powers and uses other people's traditions for money
- Specialized
A machine that makes hollow plastic items like bottles by using air to push heated plastic into a mold
- NSFW
An explosive device made from plastic explosives that can be shaped to fit small spaces
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Plastic meaning 'changeable' also comes from the same Greek root plassein 'to mold', giving the picture of something that can be reshaped; that is why we say a young person's mind is plastic, because it can be formed by new experiences.