distractability

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A form of distractibility — The ease with which a person's concentration can be interfered with by external stimulation or by irrelevant thoughts

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Meanings

noundistractability (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of distractibility.

    Parental overpunishment could very well be the major factor in producing the distractability, the impulsivity, the social incompetence, and above all, the angry anti-authority attitudes so commonly seen in delinquent misconduct.

    1976 March 1, Ralph S. Welsh, “VIOLENCE, PERMISSIVENESS THE OVERPUNISHED CHILD”, in Journal of Pediatric Psychology, volume 1, number 2, →DOI, page 68

Origin

From distract + -ability or distractable + -ity.

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