sensitivity

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sensibility discrimination insight delicacy predisposition discernment awareness susceptibility empathy reactivity tenderness responsiveness tact keenness thoughtfulness
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Antonyms

insensitivity serenity advantage violence confidence convenience
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Hypernyms

sense ability feeling sensation susceptibility sentience

Hyponyms

diathesis antenna sensibility acuteness reactivity responsiveness

Phrases with the word

extreme sensitivity high sensitivity greater sensitivity great sensitivity light sensitivity extreme physical sensitivity

Examples

LSD wanted to tell me something. ... It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation. Albert Hofmann

The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake. Ross Macdonald

Absolute faith is not the place of self-affirmation, but the place of self-negation. Life of faith is not limited to our spiritual life. What is important is how our spiritual sensitivity is applied to our relative environment. Sun Myung Moon

A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed cormulas about good and evil. Azar Nafisi

The world belongs to who doesn't feel. The primary condition to be a practical man is the absence of sensitivity. Fernando Pessoa

He had a sensation of anxiety and shame, a sensitivity acute beyond usefulness, as if the nervous system, flayed of its old hide of social usage, must record every touch of pain. John Updike

Close letter words and terms

sensitive tongue sensitively sensitiveness sensitivity reader sensitivity to air sensitivity-training group