| NOUN | cognition | sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility | (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli |
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| attribute | sensitivity, sensitiveness | the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences | |
| feeling | sensitivity, sensitiveness | sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) | |
| state | sensitivity, predisposition | susceptibility to a pathogen | |
| attribute | sensitivity, sensitiveness | the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment |
| Sounds | seh.nsihtih'vihtiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation. | |
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| Example | "sensitivity to pain" | |
| Synonyms | sensitiveness, sensibility | |
| Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
| Narrower | acuteness | A sensitivity that is keen and highly developed |
| exteroception | sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body | |
| hypersensitivity | extreme / extreme sensitivity | |
| interoception | sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body | |
| photosensitivity, radiosensitivity | sensitivity to the action of radiant energy | |
| responsiveness, reactivity | Responsive to stimulation | |
| Broader | sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty | The faculty through which the external world is apprehended |
| Spanish | delicadeza, receptividad, sensatez, sensibilidad | |
| Catalan | sensibilitat, sensitivitat | |
| Adjectives | sensitive | responsive to physical stimuli |
| sensitive | hurting | |
| Meaning | The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences. | |
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| Example | "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity" | |
| Synonym | sensitiveness | |
| Attributes | insensitive | not responsive to physical stimuli |
| sensitive | Responsive to physical stimuli | |
| Narrower | frequency response | (electronics) a curve representing the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency |
| Broader | physical property | Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions |
| Spanish | sensibilidad | |
| Catalan | sensibilitat | |
| Meaning | sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others). | |
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| Synonym | sensitiveness | |
| Attributes | insensitive | Deficient in human sensibility |
| sensitive | Susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others | |
| Narrower | feelings | emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity) |
| oversensitiveness | sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset | |
| sensibility | refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions | |
| Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
| Spanish | sensibilidad | |
| Catalan | sensibilitat, sensitivitat | |
| Adjectives | sensitive | being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others |
| Meaning | susceptibility to a pathogen. | |
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| Synonym | predisposition | |
| Attributes | desensitizing, desensitising | making less susceptible or sensitive / sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli |
| sensitizing, sensitising | making susceptible or sensitive / sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | |
| Narrower | diathesis | Constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality |
| habitus | person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease) | |
| hypersensitivity | pathological sensitivity | |
| sensitization, sensitisation | The state of being sensitive (as to an antigen) | |
| Broader | susceptibility, susceptibleness | The state of being susceptible |
| Spanish | predisposición, sensibilidad | |
| Catalan | predisposició, sensibilitat | |
| Meaning | The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment. | |
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| Synonym | sensitiveness | |
| Narrower | antenna, feeler | sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ |
| defensiveness | excessive sensitivity to criticism | |
| perceptiveness | The quality of insight and sympathetic understanding | |
| Broader | ability | The quality of being able to perform |
| Opposite | insensitivity, insensitiveness | The inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment |
| Spanish | empatía, sensibilidad | |
| Catalan | sensibilitat | |
| Adjectives | sensitive | being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others |
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