sensitivity
English Thesaurus
1. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | ability, |
| definition | : | the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | antenna, feeler, |
| definition | : | sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | defensiveness, |
| definition | : | excessive sensitivity to criticism (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | perceptiveness, |
| definition | : | the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding (noun.attribute) |
2. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | physical property, |
| definition | : | any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | frequency response, |
| definition | : | (electronics) a curve representing the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency (noun.attribute) |
| attribute | : | sensitive, |
| definition | : | responsive to physical stimuli (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | insensitive, |
| definition | : | not responsive to physical stimuli (adj.all) |
3. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | acuteness, |
| definition | : | a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | exteroception, |
| definition | : | sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | interoception, |
| definition | : | sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | physiology, |
| definition | : | the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms (noun.cognition) |
4. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) (noun.feeling)
| hypernym | : | feeling, |
| definition | : | the experiencing of affective and emotional states (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | oversensitiveness, |
| definition | : | sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | sensibility, |
| definition | : | refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | feelings, |
| definition | : | emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity) (noun.feeling) |
| attribute | : | sensitive, |
| definition | : | being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | insensitive, |
| definition | : | deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive (adj.all) |
5. susceptibility to a pathogen (noun.state)
| hyponym | : | habitus, |
| definition | : | person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | diathesis, |
| definition | : | constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality (noun.state) |
| attribute | : | sensitising, sensitizing, |
| definition | : | making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | desensitising, desensitizing, |
| definition | : | making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli (adj.all) |
6. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | insensitiveness, insensitivity, |
| definition | : | the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | sensitive, |
| definition | : | being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others (adj.all) |
7. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | sensitive, |
| definition | : | responsive to physical stimuli (adj.all) |
8. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | sensible, |
| definition | : | readily perceived by the senses (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sensitive, |
| definition | : | responsive to physical stimuli (adj.all) |
9. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) (noun.feeling)
| derivation | : | sensitive, |
| definition | : | being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others (adj.all) |
10. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | insensitiveness, insensitivity, |
| definition | : | the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | sensitive, |
| definition | : | being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others (adj.all) |
11. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | sensitive, |
| definition | : | responsive to physical stimuli (adj.all) |
12. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | sensible, |
| definition | : | readily perceived by the senses (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sensitive, |
| definition | : | responsive to physical stimuli (adj.all) |
13. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) (noun.feeling)
| derivation | : | sensitive, |
| definition | : | being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others (adj.all) |
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