tamability
Capacity for taming
Tamability is the capacity to be tamed or domesticated.
Some species have high tamability—dogs descended from wolves partly because wolves could be socialized to humans.
The word applies beyond animals: the tamability of inflation, the tamability of wild impulses.
Also spelled tameability.
Readiness to submit
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- tractabilityReadiness to be guided
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
- placidityState of undisturbed calm
mildness · calmness · submissiveness · biddability · amenability · compliance · cooperativeness · passivity
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- husbandryFarm management practice
- captive breedingReproducing animals under human care
- selective breedingControlled reproduction for traits
- animal husbandryRaising domesticated beasts systematically
habituation · acclimatization · livestock · companion animal · farm animal · pet · domesticated · wild-caught
Capacity for external regulation
- handleabilityEase of manipulation
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- responsivenessReadiness to react
- workabilityEase of handling material
malleability · flexibility · restraint · confinement · enclosure · containment · supervision · husbandry
Learned behavioral adaptation
- instructionGuidance for action
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
drilling · practice · reinforcement · reward · obedience training · handler · commands · cues
docility
Readiness to submit
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- tractabilityReadiness to be guided
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
placidity · mildness · calmness · submissiveness · biddability · amenability · compliance · cooperativeness · passivity · steadiness
breeding
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- husbandryFarm management practice
- captive breedingReproducing animals under human care
- selective breedingControlled reproduction for traits
animal husbandry · habituation · acclimatization · livestock · companion animal · farm animal · pet · domesticated · wild-caught · zoology
controllability
Capacity for external regulation
- handleabilityEase of manipulation
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- responsivenessReadiness to react
workability · malleability · flexibility · restraint · confinement · enclosure · containment · supervision · husbandry · safety
conditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
- instructionGuidance for action
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
discipline · drilling · practice · reinforcement · reward · obedience training · handler · commands · cues · responsiveness
tamabilitywildness
Untamed, uncontrolled state
intractability · unmanageability · uncontrollability · ferocity · ferociousness
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