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amenableness
noun as in complaisance
Example Sentences
The quality of being amenable; amenableness.
At first they had expected to win him over easily, because of his apparent amenableness and that look of intelligence in his eyes.
Other social assets of this type are amenableness, affability, hospitality and approachableness.
The basis of this sort of procedure is first the belief in the amenableness of the deity to magical laws, and, later, the belief in his friendly disposition, his willingness to accede to the wishes of his worshipers provided they offer the proper tribute; but even in very late ceremonies a trace of the magical element remains.
We have learnt that the three great facts regarding subjective mind are its creative power, its amenableness to suggestion, and its inability to work by any other than the deductive method.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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