susceptibility

Plural: susceptibilities

Noun

• the state of being susceptible; easily affected
• The condition of being susceptible; vulnerability.
• emotional sensitivity.
• Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).
• electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

Synonyms

sensitivity, susceptibleness

Antonyms

immunity, unsusceptibility