impressionability en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪmˌpɹɛʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ (Canada, General-American, Scotland)
- /əmˌpɹeʃ.ə.nəˈbəl.ə.tiː/ (New-Zealand)
- /ɪmˌpɹɛʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪmˌpɾɛʃ.i̯o.naˈbɪl.ɪ.ʈiː/ (India)
- ĭm-prĕsh′ə-nə-bĭl′ĭ-tē
- /ɪmˌpɹeʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/ (Australia)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōder. Old French impressionder. English impression Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English impressionability From impression + -ability.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being impressionable.
Originally written in the era of the Cold War, Clavell's enduringly relevant, extraordinary allegory on the impressionability of the human mind is still read in schools around the globe today, and is a call to every person to keep questioning and keep learning.
1963, James Clavell, The Children's Story, page inside cover:
Antonyms
unimpressionableness · unimpressionability
Synonyms
Translations (4)
fr impressionnabilité (quality of being impressionable) · es impresionabilidad (quality of being impressionable) · it impressionabilità (quality of being impressionable) · ro impresionabilitate (quality of being impressionable)