Synonyms of sensitivity

Noun


1. sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility, sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty

usage: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"

2. sensitivity, sensitiveness, physical property

usage: 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"

3. sensitivity, sensitiveness, feeling

usage: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

4. sensitivity, predisposition, susceptibility, susceptibleness

usage: susceptibility to a pathogen

5. sensitivity, sensitiveness, ability

usage: the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

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