English-Thai Dictionary

susceptibility

N ความรู้สึก ไว  ความ อ่อนไหว ง่าย  ความ กระเทือนใจ ง่าย  sensitivity impressibility affectibility kwam-ru-suek-wai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUSCEPTIBILITY

n.[from susceptible. ] The quality of admitting or receiving either something additional, or some change, affection or passion; as the susceptibility of color in a body; susceptibility of culture or refinement; susceptibility of love or desire, or of impressions.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUSCEPTIBILITY

Sus *cep `ti *bil "i *ty, n.; pl. Susceptibilities. Etym: [Cf. F.susceptibilité. ]

 

1. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.

 

2. Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness. Magnetic susceptibility (Physics ), the intensity of magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field of unit strength. Sir W. Thomson.

 

Syn. -- Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

susceptibility

sus cep ti bil i ty |səˌseptəˈbilitē səˌsɛptəˈbɪlədi | ▶noun ( pl. susceptibilities ) 1 the state or fact of being likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing: lack of exercise increases susceptibility to disease. • (susceptibilities ) a person's feelings, typically considered as being easily hurt: I was so careful not to offend their susceptibilities. 2 Physics the ratio of magnetization to a magnetizing force.

 

Oxford Dictionary

susceptibility

sus |cep ¦ti |bil ¦ity |səˌsɛptɪˈbɪlɪti | ▶noun ( pl. susceptibilities ) 1 [ mass noun ] the state or fact of being likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing: lack of exercise increases susceptibility to disease. 2 (susceptibilities ) a person's feelings, typically considered as being easily hurt: I was so careful not to offend their susceptibilities. 3 Physics the ratio of magnetization produced in a material to the magnetizing force.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

susceptibility

susceptibility noun 1 his susceptibility to flattery: vulnerability, sensitivity, openness, defencelessness, receptiveness, responsiveness. ANTONYMS immunity, resistance. 2 old age brings with it an increased susceptibility to illness: liability, vulnerability, inclination; predisposition, proneness, propensity, weakness; likelihood. ANTONYMS immunity, resistance.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

susceptibility

sus c è p ti b í l i ty 名詞 複 -ties 1 U 〖具体例ではa ～〗感じやすいこと, 感受性 ; «…に » 影響されやすいこと «to » ▸ a person of marked susceptibility 非常に感じやすい人 2 〖-ties 〗(傷つきやすい )感情 ▸ wound A's susceptibilities A 〈人 〉の感情を傷つける