🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

影響を受けやすい

Pronunciation / Transliteration: eikyou o ukeyasui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Impressionable/ɪmˈprɛʃ.ə.bəl/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"若い人は非常に影響を受けやすい。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Easily influenced or affected by external forces, ideas, or people, especially because of a lack of critical judgment or a young age.

    "Advertising often targets impressionable young people who are still forming their identities and worldviews."
  2. 2

    Receptive to impressions; capable of being easily stamped, molded, or affected.

    "In its earliest developmental stages, the human brain is remarkably impressionable."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Middle English verb 'impress' (from Latin impressus, past participle of imprimere 'impress, imprint'), combined with the suffix '-able' meaning capable of being. The word evolved during the 19th century to specifically describe minds or personalities easily influenced, marked, or shaped by external ideas and experiences.

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