Definition of Susceptible

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Susceptible

Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.

Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.

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Susceptible Quotations

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.
John F. Kennedy

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.
Howard Zinn

But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics.
Payne Stewart

The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
Dante Alighieri

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.
Alvin Adams

Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.
Giacomo Casanova

Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities.
Jurgen Habermas

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
Desiderius Erasmus

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.
Catherine the Great

People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.
Linda Ellerbee

Susceptible Translations

susceptible in Swedish is mottaglig

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