sensitivity
(noun)
noun
1. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
- sensitivity to pain
Similar word(s): sensibility, sensitiveness
Definition categories: thought, sensation, sense, sentience, sentiency
2. 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
Similar word(s): sensitiveness
Definition categories: attribute
3. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
Similar word(s): sensitiveness
Definition categories: feeling
4. susceptibility to a pathogen
Similar word(s): predisposition
Definition categories: state, susceptibility, susceptibleness
5. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Similar word(s): sensitiveness