susceptibility
Tendency toward affliction
Susceptibility is the quality of being easily affected or influenced by something.
A susceptibility to colds means you catch them readily.
The word often implies vulnerability: Her susceptibility to flattery made her an easy mark.
In technical contexts, susceptibility measures how strongly a material responds to magnetic or electric fields.
The plural susceptibilities can mean sensitive feelings: He was careful not to offend their susceptibilities.
Responsiveness to stimuli
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- tearfulnessTendency toward crying
- touchinessReadiness to feel slighted
- heartstringsDeep emotional attachments
melancholy · nostalgia · tenderness · soft-hearted · impressionability · fragility · vulnerability · thin-skinned
Deficiency in force
- exposureState of being unprotected
- defenselessnessState of being unprotected
- fragilityEase of breaking
- precariousnessState of uncertain stability
liability · risk · endangered · unprotected · compromised · assailable · attackable · openness
Readiness to accept influence
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- impressionabilityEase of being influenced
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- propagandaBiased information for influence
gullibility · malleability · brainwashing · persuadability · coercion · conformity · compliance · submissiveness
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- immunityProtected from harm
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
weakened · pathogen · virus · bacteria · transmission · outbreak · exposure · carrier
Innate tendency toward something
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- heritableCapable of genetic transmission
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
familial · congenital · ancestry · DNA · chromosomal · mutation · carrier · inherited
Immune reaction triggers
- antihistamineDrug blocking allergic response
- hay feverAllergic rhinitis from pollen
- anaphylaxisSevere systemic allergic reaction
- hivesRaised itchy skin reaction
immunotherapy · pollen · asthma · rhinitis · epinephrine · desensitization · scratch test · dust mites
Weak repulsion from magnets
- paramagnetismWeak magnetic susceptibility phenomenon
- ferromagnetismStrong atomic magnetic alignment
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- inductanceElectromagnetic inertia of circuits
flux · magnetization · hysteresis · saturation · ferrite · lodestone
sensitivity
Responsiveness to stimuli
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- tearfulnessTendency toward crying
- touchinessReadiness to feel slighted
heartstrings · melancholy · nostalgia · tenderness · soft-hearted · impressionability · fragility · vulnerability · thin-skinned · wounded
weakness
Deficiency in force
- exposureState of being unprotected
- defenselessnessState of being unprotected
- fragilityEase of breaking
precariousness · liability · risk · endangered · unprotected · compromised · assailable · attackable · openness · exploitable
suggestibility
Readiness to accept influence
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- impressionabilityEase of being influenced
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
propaganda · gullibility · malleability · brainwashing · persuadability · coercion · conformity · compliance · submissiveness · pliability
infection
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- immunityProtected from harm
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
compromised · weakened · pathogen · virus · bacteria · transmission · outbreak · exposure · carrier · host
predisposition
Innate tendency toward something
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- heritableCapable of genetic transmission
genetics · familial · congenital · ancestry · DNA · chromosomal · mutation · carrier · inherited · lineage
allergens
Immune reaction triggers
- antihistamineDrug blocking allergic response
- hay feverAllergic rhinitis from pollen
- anaphylaxisSevere systemic allergic reaction
hives · immunotherapy · pollen · asthma · rhinitis · epinephrine · desensitization · scratch test · dust mites · pet dander
diamagnetism
Weak repulsion from magnets
- paramagnetismWeak magnetic susceptibility phenomenon
- ferromagnetismStrong atomic magnetic alignment
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
inductance · flux · magnetization · hysteresis · saturation · ferrite · lodestone
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- dispositionsdisposition, predisposition, inclination, tendency, propensity
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
- magnetismmagnet, magnetic field, magnetic fields, magnetic poles, ferromagnetism
- Hypnotismhypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotist, mesmerism, mesmerist
susceptibilityimmunity
Protected from harm
resistance · invulnerability · imperviousness · invincibility · impregnability
susceptibilityinsensitivity
Lack of emotional awareness
coldness · apathy · imperviousness · callousness · indifference
susceptibilityresistance
Capacity to withstand force
imperviousness · stubbornness · steadfastness · firmness · obstinacy