Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being affectible.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The quality or state of being affectible.
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- noun The quality or state of being
affectible .
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Examples
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Character for him must lie in those very qualities which are now chiefly responsible for his defects -- his ardour, his affectibility, his vehemence, his impetuous rashness, his unquestioned courage.
The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster Harold Begbie 1900
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It is agreeable only inasmuch as it is felt by the subject, and the idea of it completely vanishes the moment an obstruction is placed on the affectibility of the senses, or only when it is modified.
The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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It is agreeable only inasmuch as it is felt by the subject, and the idea of it completely vanishes the moment an obstruction is placed on the affectibility of the senses, or only when it is modified.
Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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