impressionability

English

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 *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
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.

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: ĭm-prĕsh′ə-nə-bĭl′ĭ-tē
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˌpɹɛʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/
    • (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ɪmˌpɹɛʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
    • (Australia) IPA(key): /ɪmˌpɹeʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/
    • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əmˌpɹeʃ.ə.nəˈbəl.ə.tiː/
    • (India) IPA(key): /ɪmˌpɾɛʃ.i̯o.naˈbɪl.ɪ.ʈiː/
    • Rhymes: -ɪlɪti
    • Hyphenation: im‧pres‧sion‧a‧bil‧i‧ty

    Noun

    impressionability (uncountable)

    1. The quality of being impressionable.
      Synonym: impressionableness
      Antonyms: unimpressionability, unimpressionableness
      • 1963, James Clavell, The Children's Story, page inside cover:
        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.

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