/seuh sep'teuh bil"i tee/ , n. , pl. susceptibilities .
1. state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
2. capacity for receiving mental or moral impressions; tendency to be emotionally affected.
3. susceptibilities , capacities for emotion; feelings: His susceptibilities are easily wounded.
4. Elect.
a. See electric susceptibility .
b. See magnetic susceptibility .
[ 1635-45; susceptibilitas, equiv. to susceptibil ( is ) SUSCEPTIBLE + -itas- -ITY ]
Syn. 2. See sensibility .