sensitivity

Nouns

  • (n) (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
    • sensitivity to pain
    sensitiveness, sensibility,
  • (n) the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
    • a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity
    • the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth
    sensitiveness,
  • (n) sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) sensitiveness,
  • (n) susceptibility to a pathogen predisposition,
  • (n) the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment sensitiveness,

Synonyms

sensitiveness sensibility predisposition

Antonyms

insensitiveness insensitivity

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