Definition of vulnerability Vulnerability

/vʌˌlnɚʌbɪˈlɪti/ - [vulnerubilitee] -

We found 9 definitions of vulnerability from 6 different sources.

What does vulnerability mean?

Noun Plural: vulnerabilities
vulnerability - susceptibility to injury or attack
		invulnerability the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)
		weakness the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed"
		defencelessness, defenselessness, unprotectedness the property of being helpless in the face of attack
		assailability vulnerability to forceful attack
		destructibility vulnerability to destruction
		breakability, frangibility, frangibleness, fragility lack of physical strength
vulnerability - the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"
		exposure
		danger a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"

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vulnerability (Noun)
Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
vulnerability (Noun)
A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.

vulnerability (n.)
The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.

vulnerability
The state of being weak.
vulnerability
A defect or weakness in the feasibility, design, implementation, operation, or maintenance of a system.

Vulnerability means the extent to which changes can hurt or harm a person or a system.

In context with natural hazardss and natural disasters, "vulnerability" is a concept that looks at the relationship that people have with their environment and at social aspects.

So it links environment to social forces and institutions and the cultural values that sustain and contest them. “The concept of vulnerability expresses the multidimensionality of disasters by focusing attention on the totality of relationships in a given social situation which constitute a condition that, in combination with environmental forces, produces a disaster” (Bankoff et al. 2004: 11).

Complex definition: Vulnerability is the susceptibility to physical or emotional injury or attack. It also means to have one's guard down, open to censure or criticism; assailable. Vulnerability refers to a person's state of being liable to succumb, as to persuasion or temptation (see Thywissen 2006 for a comparison of vulnerability definitions).