Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The quality of being labile; liability to lapse or err. Coleridge. See quotation under labile.
- n. Instability, as, in chem., the quality of being easily broken down to form simpler chemical compounds or even elements.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being labile
- n. A susceptibility to change; instability
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.
- n. The property of changing readily.
- n. The property of being labile{3}; -- of chemical compounds.
Examples
“This instability of emotional expression is termed lability of affect.”
Simon & Schuster: The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
“The fact commentators think Bill is a lability is another indication that the punditocracy work from their own narrow view and ignore the world as it exists.”
“Sophisticated neuroimaging shows the brains of those who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to be abnormal in areas regulating memory retrieval and inhibition (hippocampus), fearfulness and focus (pre-frontal cortex), and emotionality and lability (amygdala).”
“Whether it be difficulty sleeping, anxiety or mood lability more than usual, or extreme fatigue more so than the past...”
The Huffington Post: Julie Chen, M.D.: Listening to Our Heartbeat So We Can Stay Healthy
“The only significant predictor of unusual experiences in 'the haunt' was the temporal lobe lability of the participant.”
“And while I have moments of great emotional lability, with a greater ease than I've had in years, I can channel my 12-year-old teen-girl self, where I would stand in front of the mirror and cry and cry to certain songs, Rickie Lee Jones being, you know, top of the list.”
“Unexpected changes in behavior such as impulsivity, more hostility than usual, disinhibition, emotional lability.”
Cycling healthcare providers offer tips as they urge increased attention to head injuries
“In a subsequent version there was a sentence suggesting that “worsening depression, emotional lability, headache, and hostility” were possible side effects.”
“Repetitive head injuries, as McCain has a history of, may result in neurological and functional deficits that could explain his behavior including: problems with anger management, risk taking, impulsiveness, emotional lability, his decision making style (instinct over reasoned consideration of facts and consequences), impaired judgment and his unfocused, disorganized campaign.”
“By the time the VP debate is over Palin needs to be seen as a huge lability for our country should McCain win the presidency.”
mialuthien lability – susceptibility to change; instability Jul 27, 2008