persuadable

adj, noun — 2 senses

persuadable

adj

Etymology From persuade + -able.

1

Able to be persuaded (convinced).

  • Near-synonyms: amenable; movable; reachable
  • ‘Once Lady Anna is here, the bridegroom will be mellow, persuadable, and you will press your advantage.’2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 696:

persuadable

noun

Etymology From persuade + -able.

1

Plural normally Someone or something that can be persuaded.

  • The survey vindicated the politician's assertion that there were few persuadables among his constituents.
  • So when you're thinking about how does this affect the persuadables, which may be a small percentage of people out there, I think the most effective elements that we saw in this first hour for the persuadables were: William Barr and Ivanka Trump and that video of what really did happen in that attack on the Capitol, the viciousness of it, the violence of it, the planning of it, the relentlessness of it, and that, that is what Donald Trump refused to stop.2022 June 9, Lawrence O'Donnell, 0:57 from the start, in 'He Didn't Make A Single Phone Call': Evidence Paints Picture Of Trump Inaction On Jan. 6, MSNBC:
Related terms
persuadability, persuadably, persuadableness, unpersuadable

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