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biddability

biddability

9.1
Willingness to follow instructions and accept guidance
  • noun
  • /ˌbɪdəˈbɪlɪti/
translation icon : obediencia
  • The trainer praised the dog's biddability as it quickly followed every command.

Examples

  • I think that the collie's high biddability may have made the wavy-coated landrace more competitive in a trial situation, which is why it wound up replacing the curly-coated landrace.

    Blog text (27)
  • These dogs can greatly increase biddability in any dog stock.

    Blog text (27)
  • Biddability, just like George Dubya.

    Blog text (4)
  • They maintain a stock of imars bred for biddability and more useful hands, but rebreed them with wild ones to keep the line strong.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Children with high biddability are often more receptive to learning new skills.

  • Successful leaders often exhibit great biddability, as they are skilled at guiding their teams.

Synonyms

suggestibility
vsbiddability
1 8.2

A tendency to be easily influenced by other people's ideas or opinions

covers being led or instructed, not only response to suggestions
tractableness
vsbiddability
9.3

Being easy to manage and willing to follow advice

focuses more on general influence rather than structured guidance
tractability
vsbiddability
7.7

The quality of being easily managed or persuaded

includes being led or instructed as well as general influence
amenableness
vsbiddability
  • Formal
8.4

A willingness to work with others and accept suggestions

emphasizes being easily instructed or led rather than mere willingness
amenability
vsbiddability
  • Formal
6.8

A willingness to cooperate and accept suggestions

leans more toward passive instruction and direct leadership than general openness
persuadability
vsbiddability
7.6

Being easily convinced by other people

stresses being instructed or led rather than just persuasion by argument

Antonyms

608 3.0

Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves

21 3.6

Refusing to change your mind or actions even when there are good reasons

How Compliant

docility
2 7.1
biddability
9.1
compliance
171 5.0
reluctance
68 3.6

Surface Forms

biddability singular
biddabilities plural

Morphology

biddability = biddable (semi-transparent) = bid + able + ity

The noun is a regular nominalization of the adjective 'biddable' using the productive suffix '-ity'.

Etymology

Biddability comes from the old verb bid, which meant 'to order' or 'command' and is the same bid you see in forbid. So biddability is the quality of being easy to tell what to do, or easy to teach and lead.