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Sensitivity

noun

(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation. Synonyms: sensibility, sensitiveness.

The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences. Synonym: sensitiveness. "The sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth"

Sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others). Synonym: sensitiveness.

Susceptibility to a pathogen. Synonym: predisposition.

The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment. Synonym: sensitiveness.

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"Sensitivity" Quotes from Famous Books

... Recognizing the true sensitivity that underlay Ishie's constant humor and ridicule of himself, Mike kept himself from laughing aloud at the stealth of the man who could have commanded the assistance of the captain himself in shielding whatever he ...

— Where I Wasn't Going • Walt Richmond

... was unknown, and would stretch herself with pleasure in the expectation of petting if she felt a friend coming. She would sense the lightest touch on the object she occupied, bench, window-seat, sofa, etc., and she was especially sensitive to very light scratching of the object. Such sensitivity is duplicated frequently in persons who are hard of hearing, and whom, therefore, we ...

— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden

... Foster ever went to hear his own songs sung in public. He was essentially a solitary, who, while keenly observant of and entering sympathizingly into the facts of life, held himself aloof from immediate contact with its crowded stream. He was solitary from sensitivity, not from bitterness or indifference. He made a large fortune for his day with his songs ...

— Marse Henry, Complete - An Autobiography • Henry Watterson

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