manipulability

How easily influenced

Manipulability is the quality of being able to be manipulated—controlled, influenced, or physically handled.

In psychology and politics, it describes susceptibility to persuasion or exploitation: The manipulability of public opinion concerns many observers.

In robotics and engineering, it refers to how easily an object or system can be physically maneuvered or adjusted.

psychological

susceptibility

Liability to influence

naivety · vulnerability · exploitability · pliancy · compliance · persuadability · docility · tractability · moldability · conditioning

physical

malleability

Capacity for deformation without breaking

moldability · bendability · workability · formability · suppleness · elasticity · flexibility · softness · compliance · deformability

mechanical

adjustability

Capacity for alteration

maneuverability · responsiveness · tractability · drivability · graspability · grip · leverage · articulation · reconfigurability

data

editability

Capacity for modification

configurability · customizability · variability · transformability · computability · programmability · automation · interactivity · input · interface

systemic

exploitability

Susceptibility to misuse

loophole · weakness · flaw · backdoor · breach · compromise · tampering · interference · subversion · corruption

Categories
Opposites
physical pliability

manipulabilityrigidity

State of being unbending

inflexibility · stiffness · immutability · hardness · immovability

psychological/social influence

manipulabilityautonomy

Independent decision-making capacity

independence · strong-mindedness · resistance · obstinacy · stubbornness

system controllability

manipulabilityuncontrollability

Impossible to restrain

unmanageability · unwieldiness · intractability · recalcitrance · unpredictability

Family

manager, manual, maneuver, management, manipulate, manageable, manuscript, manipulation, manipulative

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