impressionable

/im'preʃnəbl/
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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Easily impressed or influenced: Describes a person, especially a young person, whose attitudes, beliefs, or character are easily shaped by experiences, people, or external factors.
    • Receptive to impressions: Describes a mind or personality that is open and susceptible to new ideas, feelings, or influences.
Usage and Examples
  • General Use:
    • Children are highly impressionable and often mimic the behavior of adults around them.
    • She was at an impressionable age when she first read those revolutionary ideas.
  • Describing a Mind or Nature:
    • He has an impressionable mind, absorbing every detail of the lecture.
    • The artist's impressionable nature made him deeply affected by the city's atmosphere.
Advanced Usage and Nuances
  • "an impressionable age": A period in life, typically youth, when a person is most susceptible to forming lasting attitudes and beliefs.
    • Marketing often targets teenagers because they are at an impressionable age.
  • Used in a neutral or cautionary context: While often neutral, it can imply a need for guidance or the potential for negative influence.
    • Parents should be mindful of what their impressionable children watch on television.
Variants and Related Words
  • Impress (verb): To affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings.
    • The speech impressed the audience.
  • Impression (noun): A strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, or conscience.
    • The movie made a lasting impression on me.
  • Impressible (adjective): An older, less common synonym for impressionable.
  • Unimpressionable (adjective): Not easily impressed or influenced.
Synonyms
  • Suggestible: Ready to accept the suggestions of others.
  • Receptive: Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.
  • Pliable: Easily influenced; yielding readily to others.
  • Susceptible: Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
Antonyms
  • Unimpressionable: Not easily impressed or influenced.
  • Stubborn: Having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position.
  • Inflexible: Unwilling to change or compromise.
  • Cynical: Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
Related Phrases and Concepts
  • Formative years: The period of a person's life when their character and attitudes are developing, closely related to being impressionable.
    • His experiences during his formative years shaped his worldview.
  • Malleable mind: A mind that can be shaped or formed easily (similar in meaning to "impressionable mind").
    • The teacher recognized the malleable minds of her young students.
Adjective
  1. easily impressed or influenced
    • an impressionable youngster
    • an impressionable age
    • a waxy mind

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