SUSCEPTIBILITY
susceptibility, susceptibleness
(noun) the state of being susceptible; easily affected
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
susceptibility (countable and uncountable, plural susceptibilities)
the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability
emotional sensitivity
(physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).
Source: Wiktionary
Sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Susceptibilities. Etym: [Cf. F.
susceptibilité.]
1. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of
receiving impressions, or of being affected.
2. Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement;
sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility;
sensitiveness. Magnetic susceptibility (Physics), the intensity of
magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field of unit
strength. Sir W. Thomson.
Syn.
– Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition