Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Readily influenced by suggestion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being suggested.
- Having great suggestibility; credencive and submissive.
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- adjective
Susceptible to influence bysuggestion .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective susceptible or responsive to suggestion
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Examples
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Those of us familiar with Amnesty International's nefarious anti-Israel agenda and notoriously "suggestible" investigative methodology wondered how it could possibly match such a breathtaking lie.
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A child who is "suggestible" to a high degree shows it in what we call "motility."
The Story of the Mind James Mark Baldwin 1897
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SpongeBob and Patrick themselves are feverishly suggestible — no gimmick or promotion targeted at them can possibly miss.
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I try not to laugh, but these are very suggestible people. fuyuko
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Sure, it's a loving and skilfully crafted homage to a man who was the film-maker's own sporting hero, and as suggestible as my teenage self.
Why two new sports documentaries have messed with my mind | Emma John 2011
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Meanwhile, let's all hope Alan Byrne is not the suggestible sort.
Arsenal v Shakhtar Donetsk – as it happened Paul Doyle 2010
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My patients who have responded are not people who are suggestible.
Giving Antidepressants a Boost With a Vitamin Melinda Beck 2012
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SpongeBob and Patrick themselves are feverishly suggestible — no gimmick or promotion targeted at them can possibly miss.
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Derren says that he picked someone highly suggestible, like a film student.
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SpongeBob and Patrick themselves are feverishly suggestible — no gimmick or promotion targeted at them can possibly miss.
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