susceptibility
pronunciation
How to pronounce susceptibility in British English:
UK [səˌseptəˈbɪləti]
How to pronounce susceptibility in American English:
US [səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti]
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- Noun:
- the state of being susceptible; easily affected
Word Origin
- susceptibility (n.)
- 1640s, from Medieval Latin susceptibilitatem (nominative susceptibilitas), from Late Latin susceptibilis, or else a native formation from susceptible + -ity.
Example
- 1. And those effects can be particularly telling during certain windows of susceptibility .
- 2. It may even have promoted susceptibility to the virus it was trying to curb .
- 3. The agency uses three concepts : economic and institutional strength , government financial strength and susceptibility to event risk .
- 4. Those with short variants of this gene are expected to have an increased susceptibility to mood disorders following such stress .
- 5. That means they share a genetic susceptibility to the same strains of disease .