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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
suggestible

1851, "capable of being influenced," from suggest + -ible. Meaning "that can be suggested" is from 1836. Related: Suggestibly; suggestibility.

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suggestible

a. susceptible to influence by suggestion.

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suggestible

adj. susceptible or responsive to suggestion; "suggestible young minds"

Usage examples of "suggestible".

This daymare even began invading my waking hours, especially toward dawn, when I was in that vulnerable, suggestible mental state that extreme fatigue and undirected anxiety can bring on.

The dependent personality is conforming, compliant, passive, suggestible, sensitive to what others want, yielding to other's opinions, needy to have others like us, and generally pleased to be taken care of.

Give us the right kind of leader and, like the most suggestible subjects of the hypnotherapists, we'll gladly do just about anything he wants - even things we know to be wrong.

So implanting a memory of sexual abuse may not be hard to do in suggestible people, but a false accusation of child molestation is a devastating charge, likely to result in a long prison sentence and destruction of a family (plus more emotional stress for the victim).