pliability
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6.1
- noun
- /plaɪəˈbɪlɪti/
:
flexibilidad
- We're socialized into passivity, submission, and pliability.
Examples
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Myers and Kohn cannot seriously maintain that during the golden age when protest was rare, senior officers were never appointed for their pliability.
Academic text (2007) -
His pliability helped him adapt quickly to new situations at work.
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That pliability, that flexure in the moral fiber of my fellow man, keeps me employed.
Fiction book (2001) -
Doesn't it require pliability?
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For an educated, progressive chieftaincy to successfully emerge, national governments must place quality above pliability as the predominant criterion in their appointments.
Academic text (1993) -
The US and Canada are examples of states in which there is a non-centralized party system. The democratic system assists in the smooth working of federalism because it has greater pliability to react according to the needs and aspirations of the people, and it can afford the diversity.
Academic text (2018) -
But this readiness, this pliability, should not be mistaken for mere uncertainty; for it requires the kind of "theoretical patience" or "provisional resignation" that lets us keep revising the narratives we take most seriously.
Academic text (1997) -
Children often show great pliability, easily adjusting to changes in their environment.
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Her pliability in negotiations allowed for a smoother resolution of the conflict.
Synonyms
153
3.6
Ability to change plans or actions easily to fit new situations
11
3.9
Being able to change and work well in new situations
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7.1
A state of being easily affected or harmed by something
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6.3
The ability to change or adapt easily in new situations
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3.8
How easy it is to change something to fit different needs
1
6.7
A quality of changing easily in mind or body
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4.7
Being able to change ideas or plans easily
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4.6
Ability to change easily to new situations
The ease with which a person can be influenced or changed
Ability to bend or change easily
The ability to change to fit new situations
The ability to change to fit new situations
Being easily affected or influenced by something
Antonyms
How Adaptable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pliability comes from the Latin root plicare meaning 'to fold', a root you can spot in the English word pleat. So, when we speak of a person's pliability we mean their mind can 'bend' or change easily and adapt to new ideas.