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1. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
   "sensitivity to pain"
   - sensitiveness, sensibility
    
2. The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
   "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"
   - sensitiveness
    
3. Responsiveness to emotional feelings (of oneself and others)
   - sensitiveness
    
4. Susceptibility to a pathogen
   - predisposition
    
5. The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
   - sensitiveness

Derived forms: sensitivities

See also: desensitising [Brit], desensitizing, insensitive, sensitising [Brit], sensitive, sensitizing

Type of: ability, feeling, physical property, sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency, susceptibility, susceptibleness

Antonym: insensitivity

Encyclopedia: Sensitivity