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noun
The quality or degree of being sensitive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The ability to perceive sensation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The ability to be aware of (and, usually, react with regard to) the feelings of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sensitivity
Antonyms: insensitiveness
Broader terms: ability
Narrower terms: antenna, feeler, defensiveness, perceptiveness
noun
the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sensitivity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical property
Narrower terms: frequency response
noun
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sensitivity, sensibility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
Narrower terms: acuteness, hypersensitivity, responsiveness, reactivity, exteroception, interoception, photosensitivity, radiosensitivity
noun
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sensitivity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feeling
Narrower terms: oversensitiveness, sensibility, feelings
History
Etymology tree English sensitive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sensitiveness From sensitive + -ness.
