'Sensitivity' definitions:

Definition of 'sensitivity'

(from WordNet)
noun
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain" [syn: sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility]
noun
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" [syn: sensitivity, sensitiveness]
noun
Sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) [syn: sensitivity, sensitiveness]
noun
Susceptibility to a pathogen [syn: sensitivity, predisposition]
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The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment [syn: sensitivity, sensitiveness] [ant: insensitiveness, insensitivity]

Definition of 'Sensitivity'

From: GCIDE
  • Sensitivity \Sen`si*tiv"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver. [1913 Webster]
  • Sensitivity and emotivity have also been used as the scientific term for the capacity of feeling. --Hickok. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sensitivity'

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