sensitivity

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noun

1. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli;
the faculty of sensation (Freq. 8)
- sensitivity to pain
• Syn:
sensitiveness, sensibility
• Derivationally related forms:
sensible (for: sensibility), sensitive (for: sensitiveness), sensitive
• Topics:
physiology
• Hypernyms:
sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
• Hyponyms:
acuteness, hypersensitivity, responsiveness, reactivity, exteroception,
interoception, photosensitivity, radiosensitivity
2. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences (Freq. 4)
- a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity
- the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth
• Syn:
sensitiveness
• Derivationally related forms:
sensitive (for: sensitiveness)
• Hypernyms:
physical property
• Hyponyms:
frequency response
• Attrubites:
sensitive, insensitive
3. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
sensitiveness
• Derivationally related forms:
sensitive (for: sensitiveness), sensitive
• Hypernyms:
feeling
• Hyponyms:
oversensitiveness, sensibility, feelings
• Attrubites:
sensitive, insensitive
4. susceptibility to a pathogen
• Syn:
predisposition
• Hypernyms:
susceptibility, susceptibleness
• Hyponyms:
habitus, sensitization, sensitisation, hypersensitivity, diathesis
• Attrubites:
sensitizing, sensitising, desensitizing, desensitising
5. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
• Syn:
sensitiveness
• Ant:
insensitiveness (for: sensitiveness), insensitivity
• Derivationally related forms:
sensitive (for: sensitiveness), sensitive
• Hypernyms:
ability
• Hyponyms:
antenna, feeler, defensiveness, perceptiveness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sensitiveness, predisposition, sensibility
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  insensitivity, insensitiveness