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impressionability

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • ĭm-prĕsh′ə-nə-bĭl′ĭ-tē
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˌpɹɛʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/
  • Canada, General-American, Scotland: /ɪmˌpɹɛʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
  • Australian: /ɪmˌpɹeʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/
  • New-Zealand: /əmˌpɹeʃ.ə.nəˈbəl.ə.tiː/
  • India: /ɪmˌpɾɛʃ.i̯o.naˈbɪl.ɪ.ʈiː/
  • rhymes with -ɪlɪti

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being impressionable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: impressionableness

Antonyms: unimpressionability, unimpressionableness

History

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 *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis 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.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: impressionnabilité — quality of being impressionable
  • Italian: impressionabilità — quality of being impressionable
  • Romanian: impresionabilitate — quality of being impressionable
  • Spanish: impresionabilidad — quality of being impressionable