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

Definition categories: attribute, ability