English dictionary

sensitivity

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

noun.cognition

Examples
Sensitivity to pain.

Synonyms sensibility sensitiveness

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the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences

noun.attribute

Examples
A galvanometer of extreme sensitivity.

Synonyms sensitiveness

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sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

noun.feeling

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susceptibility to a pathogen

noun.state

Synonyms predisposition

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the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

noun.attribute

Antonyms insensitiveness insensitivity

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The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the <i>sensitivity</i> of iodized silver.

noun

Source: webster1913