suggestibilityn.
/sədʒɛstɪˈbɪlɪti/ Quality or condition of being suggestible.
1. Susceptibility to (hypnotic or other) suggestion.
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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism > state allowing or susceptibility
rapport1837
mesmerizability1840
hypnotizability1888
suggestibility1890
1890 Open Court 10 Apr. 2197/2 The suggestibility of crowds.
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xix. 97 This suggestibility is greater in the lower senses than in the higher.
1891 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 673 The degree of suggestibility is not necessarily proportioned to the depth of sleep.
1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 162 What we want to effect through suggestion is increased suggestibility.
1908 W. McDougall Introd. Social Psychol. iv. 97 The measure of the suggestibility of any subject is, then, the readiness with which he thus accepts propositions. Of course, the proposition is not necessarily communicated in formal language, it may be implied by a mere gesture or interjection.
1924 W. B. Selbie Psychol. Relig. iv. 87 Such cases are generally those of persons in a high condition of suggestibility, and it often happens that suggestions do not become active..until they have..incubated in the unconscious realm.
1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File 224 Tricayandamino-propene..can change brain's nerve cells and cells of membrane that sheath the cells... From this change the suggestibility of the subject is increased.
1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 86 11 He demonstrated the importance of motivational and experiential factors in determining suggestibility.
2. Capability of being suggested. (In modern dictionaries.)
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