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malleability
[ mal-ee-uh-bil-i-tee ]
noun
- the state of being malleable, or capable of being shaped, as by hammering or pressing:
the extreme malleability of gold.
- adaptability:
the malleability of an infant's brain.
Other Word Forms
- ԴDzm···i·ٲ noun
- ԴDz·l···Ա noun
- ܲm···i·ٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of malleability1
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Example Sentences
However, the fact that his private investigator has been portrayed more than 254 times in movies and TV speaks to the endless malleability of a literary character that’s more than a century old.
His work has continuing implications for the study of “extreme forms of influence,” such as terrorist recruiting, cults and “human malleability or resiliency when confronted by authority power.”
Lee says collapses happen often during the printing phase because of the moisture and malleability of the clay.
It’s been astonishing to read some of the recent studies about psychedelics enabling access to peak consciousness, and how those states seem to offer a sort of healing malleability in a brain affected by trauma.
Her great subject turns out to be the malleability of identity itself, which may help explain why Horn describes an exhibition as a “group show of myself.”
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