Meaning & use
malleability
The quality of being easily shaped, bent, or influenced without breaking.
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Gold's malleability allows jewelers to hammer it into extremely thin sheets.
The negotiator exploited the young diplomat's malleability to push through unfavorable terms.
A note on using this word
Malleability applies literally to metals shaped without cracking and figuratively to people or opinions that are easily influenced.
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Words with an opposite meaning
rigiditybrittleness
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