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insusceptibility

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insusceptibility /in·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty/ (in″sah-sep″tĭ-bil´it-e) the state of being unaffected; immunity.
in·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty (ns-spt-bl-t)
n.
The state or condition of not being susceptible to a disease or infection; immunity.
insus·cepti·ble adj.
insusceptibility
the state of being unaffected or uninfluenced; may result from genetic resistance or from immunity.


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The ogbanje, on his return, retains lacerations from the previous sojourn in allegorical, bravado proof of his insusceptibility to mortal control, and Sula's mark, in darkening and becoming more structured with years, seems to echo the abiku in Soyinka's poem: "I am Abiku [Sula], calling for the first/ And the repeated time.
A critical divination: reading Sula as ogbanje-abiku by Okonkwo, Christopher N. / African American Review
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