Pliant

Word PLIANT
Character 6
Hyphenation pli ant
Pronunciations /ˈplaɪənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Pliant"

What do we mean by pliant?

Easily bent or flexed; pliable. synonym: malleable. adjective

Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable. adjective

Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant. adjective

Capable of being easily bent; flexible; supple; limber; lithe: as, a pliant twig.

Easily bent or inclined to any particular course; readily influenced for good or evil; easy to be persuaded; yielding.

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable. adjective

Favorable to pliancy. adjective

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. adjective

Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. adjective

Able to adjust readily to different conditions adjective

Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking adjective

Capable of being influenced or formed adjective

Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out adjective

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking

Easily influenced; tractable.

Capable of plying or bending,or flexible which can be bended without braking,lithe,limber Urban Dictionary

Reality produced by either men or environment that can be altered or influenced by men. a situation produced by men that other men have the ability to change, usually because they are the foundation or the customers of the situation. also, environmental conditions such as drought or earthquake whose consequences (on people) can be influenced by men. pliant reality implies situations that have gained acceptance or value through habit and tradition. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pliant

The word "pliant" in example sentences

Mann congratulated himself on having articulated the notion of pliant time in an early draft of his great novel, even before Einstein expanded the theory in 1916. ❋ Edmund Morris (2010)

Its road show, he says, was pitched to believers, and the media in China is largely pliant, meaning the company has rarely faced tough questions. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We do not know what the word here translated "pliant" [Greek: streptos] means, and ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

He got the name of a "pliant" doctor and now has a medical card. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Combined with what the late Ernest Mandel called "extra-economic" factors (such as pliant labor leadership and peaceful trade unionism, establishment of the Bretton Woods international monetary system, Cold War ideology and the suppression or pacification of any possible dissent, and relative decline in the price of oil and other raw materials in the immediate post-WW II period), the New Deal and other government-sponsored reforms ushered in a period of rapid economic expansion that came to be known as the "golden years of US capitalism," which lasted until around 1970. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As sleep pulled him down into its pliant folds, Spock thought that maybe the time had come for a different kind of action. ❋ David R. George III (2011)

Cairo is a linchpin of the so-called moderate Arab axis allied with Washington against the region's less-pliant regimes, including Iran and its proxies. ❋ Charles Levinson (2011)

Sadly, over a century later, the blood-soaked gains made by America's labor movement are being relentlessly eroded by stealthy corporations and pliant politicians. ❋ Mark Cassello (2011)

It's the duo's astute absorption of the '80s' pliant synth-pop and its attendants electro, boogie, R & B, as well as an ability to keep the reverence fun, that carries them well beyond the joke. ❋ Andy Beta (2011)

The rhythms of organist/guitarist Sean Antanaitis and drummer David Bergander are more pliant the third time around, giving plenty of room for frontwoman Katrina Ford to soar, coo and growl with equal aplomb. ❋ Andy Beta (2011)

If anything, this constant threat ought to have made Sina even more pliant. ❋ Joseph Sternberg (2011)

Jay Hunter Morris, who took over the punishing title role just a week before the premiere, has a bright, pliant tenor—not large, but ringing and energetic. ❋ Heidi Waleson (2011)

You are [easily] influenced by [other people] you are of pliant [nature] ❋ Ojasvin (2017)

This [tendency] to accept pliant reality as immutable, or the best alternative to [chaos], is for me one's [rejection] of himself, his intelligence, and his potential. ❋ Johny (2004)

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