Attractability

/əˌtræktəˈbɪləti/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being able to be attracted, drawn toward something, or capable of drawing interest or attention.

Etymology

Formed from 'attractive' or 'attract' plus the suffix '-ability' (from Latin '-abilitas'), which creates nouns meaning the quality or capacity to do something or have something done to it.

Kelly Says

Attractability shows how English speakers took a simple action word 'attract' and built an entire family of abstract concepts around it—scientific instruments measure attractability, psychologists study the attractability of certain visual stimuli, making this abstract noun actually quite useful in modern research.

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