attractabilityn.
/əˌtraktəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /əˌtræktəˈbɪlədi/ The quality or fact of being attractable.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > drawing towards itself or attraction > ability to be attracted
attractability1764
attractableness1863
1764 A. Wilson Short Observ. Princ. & Moving Powers Philos. 24 Parts possessed of different degrees of attractability by other bodies.
a1794 W. Jones in Asiatick Researches (1795) 4 177 A corpuscle destitute of that natural attractibility [sic].
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 169 After its surface has become considerably oxidated, its attractability is rather diminished.
1881 Graphic 15 Oct. 398/1 Starlings, larks, and occasionally scops-eared owls have the same quality of attractability, and are easily caught as they flutter in the autumnal gloaming about the revolving lamps.
1918 Y. Guilbert How to sing Song xii. 130 Magnetism and charm are imperative powers given to your personality. They are a force of attractability, which every one carries in himself.
1941 S. Selden Stage in Action iii. 83 The most expressive movements of the human body are those related..to positive and negative attractability, that is, appetencies for and aversions to objects.
2003 J. Bowers-Brown in R. Gibson et al. Polit. Parties & Internet v. 109 The ‘attractability’ of the party websites was examined by identifying six potential features that would present a positive initial impression of the site.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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