amenability

/ə,mi:nə'biliti/ Cách viết khác : (amenableness) /ə'mi:nəblnis/

Thân thiện

The team's amenability made the project a smooth success.

Definition

Noun: The quality or state of being willing to cooperate, be guided, or accept advice or authority; the trait of being agreeable, responsive, or manageable.

Usage

"Amenability" describes a person's disposition or character. It is used to indicate a cooperative, compliant, or open-minded attitude. It is a formal term often used in professional, legal, or academic contexts. * The success of the mediation depended on the amenability of both parties to compromise. * Her amenability to new ideas made her an excellent team member. * The child's amenability to instruction impressed the teacher.

Advanced Usage

• "Amenability to": This is the most common construction, used to specify what a person is cooperative about or receptive to.
  • The senator expressed his amenability to further discussions on the policy.
• Legal/Jurisdictional Context: In law, it can refer to the condition of being subject to a court's authority or jurisdiction.
  • The court questioned its amenability to hear a case involving foreign diplomats.

Variants and Related Words

• Amenable (adjective): Willing to cooperate or be influenced; responsive.
  • He was amenable to changing the schedule.
• Amenableness (noun): A less common synonym for "amenability."

Synonyms

• Cooperativeness
• Compliance
• Receptiveness
• Tractability
• Manageability

Antonyms

• Intractability
• Stubbornness
• Recalcitrance
• Defiance
• Obstinacy

Học thuật

Noun

1. the trait of being cooperative

Từ đồng nghĩa

• amenableness
• cooperativeness