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distractability en · NOUN

Etymology

From distract + -ability or distractable + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of distractibility.
    • Parental overpunishment could very well be the major factor in producing the distractability, the impulsivity, the social incompetence, and above all, the angry anti-authority attitudes so commonly seen in delinquent misconduct. 1976 March 1, Ralph S. Welsh, “VIOLENCE, PERMISSIVENESS THE OVERPUNISHED CHILD”, in Journal of Pediatric Psychology, volume 1, number 2, →DOI, page 68: