plasticity

the ability to be molded or reshaped

Root

  • plast: mold, shape, or form

Other words with the plast root

  • plastic: able to be molded, shaped, or adapted

Plasticity is moldability: a material, habit, or mind can still take shape.

Early practice showed the plasticity of her writing style.

Plasticity should feel physical first. Plastic can be molded; plasticity names that capacity to take form, whether in clay, cells, habits, or thought.

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