susceptivity

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

susceptive +‎ -ity

Noun[edit]

susceptivity (plural susceptivities)

  1. Capacity for receiving; susceptibility.
    • 1722, William Wollaston, The Religion of Nature Delineated:
      nor can we have any idea of matter , which does not imply a natural discerpibility and susceptivity of various shapes and modifications

References[edit]

“susceptivity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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