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Sensitivity   /sˌɛnsɪtˈɪvɪti/   Listen
Sensitivity

noun
1.
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation.  Synonyms: sensibility, sensitiveness.
2.
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"
3.
Sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others).  Synonym: sensitiveness.
4.
Susceptibility to a pathogen.  Synonym: predisposition.
5.
The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment.  Synonym: sensitiveness.



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"Sensitivity" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sidis has given us a word which has proved very useful in this connection. The limit of sensitivity of a cell—the degree of irritability—he calls the stimulus-threshold.[59] As the wind must come in gusts to drive the rain in over a high doorsill, so must any stimulus—an idea or a sensation—come ...
— Outwitting Our Nerves - A Primer of Psychotherapy • Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury


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