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Type Words
Synonyms sensitiveness
Type of ability
Has types antenna, feeler, defensiveness, perceptiveness
Derivation sensitive
Type Words
Synonyms predisposition
Type of susceptibility, susceptibleness
Has types sensitization, diathesis, habitus, sensitisation, hypersensitivity
Type Words
Synonyms sensitiveness
Type of feeling
Has types oversensitiveness, feelings, sensibility
Derivation sensitive
Type Words
Synonyms sensibility, sensitiveness
Type of sentience, sense, sensory faculty, sensation, sentiency
Has types reactivity, acuteness, exteroception, hypersensitivity, interoception, photosensitivity, responsiveness, radiosensitivity
Derivation sensitive


sensitivity to pain.
Type Words
Synonyms sensitiveness
Type of physical property
Has types frequency response


a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity.

Examples of sensitivity

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The award is presented to the garden showing sensitivity toward the environment.
From the tennessean.com
Both spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the information.
From the sfgate.com
Due to their sensitivity, children are more vulnerable to traumatic experiences.
From the theepochtimes.com
He spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
From the sacbee.com
He should have understood the sensitivity between Iran and other gulf countries.
From the latimes.com
The system also causes far less sensitivity than any other whitening treatments.
From the express.co.uk
High CO2 sensitivity explains past climate as well as the recently seen warming.
From the independent.co.uk
His sensitivity to political concerns has at times piqued some in his own party.
From the time.com
In humans, sensitivity to emotional prosody is crucial for social communication.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"
  • 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"
  • Sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
  • Susceptibility to a pathogen
  • The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
  • (sensitive) responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
  • The controller parameter are typically matched to the process characteristics and since the process may change it is important that the controller parameters are chosen in such a way that the closed loop system is not sensitive to variations in process dynamics. ...
  • The sensitivity of an electronic device, such as a communications system receiver, or detection device, such as a PIN diode, is the minimum magnitude of input signal required to produce a specified output signal having a specified signal-to-noise ratio, or other specified criteria.
  • Sensitivity of explosives is the degree to which an explosive can be initiated by impact, heat, or friction.