Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.

    Sensitivität, Sensibilität

    чувстви́тельностьčuvstvítelʹnostʹ

    чутли́вістьčutlývistʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.

    Empfindlichkeit

    чувстви́тельностьčuvstvítelʹnostʹ, восприи́мчивостьvospriímčivostʹ

    чутли́вістьčutlývistʹ

    the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences

  3. The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.

    (countable, uncountable)Vulnerability to medical treatment: Synonym of susceptibility.

    susceptibility to a pathogen

  4. (countable, uncountable)The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.

    Coordinate term: specificity

    Sensitivität

  5. (countable, uncountable)The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.

    Sensitivität, Sensibilität, Empfindlichkeit

    чувстви́тельностьčuvstvítelʹnostʹ

  6. (countable, uncountable)The rate at which the player's facing direction or position changes relative to input device movement.

    Since he played with high sensitivity, he only needed to move the mouse a tiny distance to rotate a full 360 degrees.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.

    Empfindlichkeit, Sensibilität

    чувстви́тельностьčuvstvítelʹnostʹ

Examples

37 sentences
  1. I appreciate your sensitivity.

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  2. Food sensitivities are related to sudden fatigue.

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  3. I am touched by the girl's acute sensitivity.

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  4. He had no sensitivity for how I felt.

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  5. Woke is the elevation of sensitivity over truth.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the quality of being sensitive:
Русский
By meaning 2
the quality of being sensitive:
the ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the quality of being sensitive:
the ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli:

Origin

From sensitive + -ity.

From sensitive + -ity.

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Forms

plural: sensitivities
Singularsensitivity
Pluralsensitivities

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment:sensitiveness
  • the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences:sensitiveness
  • (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation:sensitivenesssensibility
  • sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others):sensitiveness
  • susceptibility to a pathogen:predisposition

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

36 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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