Pliable (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract".
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Meaning 2
Susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda".
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- Children's minds are very pliable, which is why education at a young age is so important for shaping their values and worldview.
- In his heyday, the cult leader's charismatic persona was able to bend his followers to his will, demonstrating a deeply pliable congregation.
- Her easily influenced and pliable personality often made her the target of con artists and scamsters.
- Because teenagers' attitudes are pliable and highly responsive to their peer groups, companies focus heavily on this demographic for brand recognition and product endorsements.
- Having lived through various traumas and personal setbacks, he felt especially vulnerable and pliable in his recent moments of extreme weakness and pain.
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Meaning 3
Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy".
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Meaning 4
Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree".
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