suggestible

/sədʒˈɛstəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

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adj

"In Europe, through his clinical and forensic work, Gisli Gudjonsson noted that some individuals seemed to be more suggestible than others. This approach assumed that suggestibility is a trait and led to the development of a model of interrogative suggestibility (Gudjonsson & Clark, 1986)."

Etymology tree English suggest Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English suggestible From suggest + -ible.

more suggestible (comparative) most suggestible (superlative)

autosuggestible contrasuggestible hypersuggestible nonsuggestible suggestibility suggestibleness suggestibly unsuggestible

suggestable suggestive

ductile

digestible contestable investable

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How do you pronounce suggestible?

The recorded pronunciation is /sədʒˈɛstəbəl/.

What does suggestible mean?

Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed.

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