sensitiveness (n.)

  1. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

    [ Syn: sensitivity ]

  2. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; sensitivity to pain

    [ Syn: sensitivity , sensibility ]

  3. 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 ]

  4. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

    [ Syn: sensitivity , sensitivity ]

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