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TRACTABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being easily persuaded
Synonyms:
flexibility; tractability; tractableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tractability" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Attribute:
manipulable; tractable (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded))
intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tractability"):
manageability; manageableness (capable of being managed or controlled)
docility (the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable)
domestication; tameness (the attribute of having been domesticated)
amenability; amenableness; cooperativeness (the trait of being cooperative)
obedience (the trait of being willing to obey)
Antonym:
intractability (the trait of being hard to influence or control)
Derivation:
tractable (responsive to suggestions and influences)
tractable (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded))
