suggestible
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
suggestible (comparative more suggestible, superlative most suggestible)
- Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed.
- 2012, Anne M. Ridley, Fiona Gabbert, David J. La Rooy, Suggestibility in Legal Contexts, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 1992:
- In Europe, through his clinical and forensic work, Gisli Gudjonsson noted that some individuals seemed to be more suggestible than others. This approach assumed that suggestibility is a trait and led to the development of a model of interrogative suggestibility (Gudjonsson & Clark, 1986).
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- suggestable (“capable of being suggested”)
- suggestive (“tending to suggest”)
Translations edit
susceptible to influence
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From the stem of suggestió.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
suggestible m or f (masculine and feminine plural suggestibles)
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Further reading edit
- “suggestible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
From suggestion + -ible.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
suggestible (plural suggestibles)
- suggestible
- La suggestion posthypnotique a augmenté l’adhésion chez les participants hautement suggestibles.
- Posthypnotic suggestion increased adherence in highly suggestible participants.
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Further reading edit
- “suggestible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.