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Definition of Tractability
1. Noun. The trait of being easily persuaded.
Generic synonyms: Trait
Specialized synonyms: Manageability, Manageableness, Docility, Domestication, Tameness, Amenability, Amenableness, Cooperativeness, Obedience
Attributes: Manipulable, Tractable, Intractable
Derivative terms: Flexible, Tractable, Tractable, Tractable, Tractable
Antonyms: Intractability
Definition of Tractability
1. n. The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
Definition of Tractability
1. Noun. The state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tractability
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tractability
Literary usage of Tractability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Immigration Problem: A Study of American Immigration Conditions and Needs by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, William Jett Lauck, Rufus Daniel Smith (1922)
"... IMMIGRATION PROBLEM Tractability OF THE IMMIGRANT To the characteristics of
recent immigrant wage- earners already described, should be added one other. ..."
2. Sporting Adventures in the Far West by John Mortimer Murphy (1879)
"... the West—Its tractability and selfish nature—How Mexicans capture it—Is
frequently killed by hunters and sportsmen single-handed—My first grizzly—A hunt ..."
3. Rural Sports by William Barker Daniel (1813)
"This Man has only had these Animals under training, six Months, and it is truly
surprising, to what a high state of Tractability he has brought them. ..."
4. On diseases peculiar to women: Including Displacements of the Uterus by Hugh Lenox Hodge (1868)
"Tractability OF THESE INFLAMMATIONS.—Such cases as these, years ago, brought us
to the conclusion that inflammations of all mucous membranes, ..."
5. The Use of Motives in Teaching Morals and Religion by Thomas Walton Galloway (1917)
"Appeal to the spirit of tractability or obedience to authority. Assuming that
there are relations of reasonably cordial appreciation between teacher and ..."
6. On Trek in the Transvaal: Or, Over Berg and Veldt in South Africa by Harriet A. Roche (1878)
"Kafir endurance of bodily pain—Simplicity of his diet—How John cured a
snake-bite—Midges and Mosquitoes— Tractability of the South African Trek-ox. ..."
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