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Sensitivity

noun

(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation. Synonyms: sensibility, sensitiveness.

The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences. Synonym: sensitiveness. "The sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth"

Sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others). Synonym: sensitiveness.

Susceptibility to a pathogen. Synonym: predisposition.

The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment. Synonym: sensitiveness.

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"Sensitivity" Quotes from Famous Books

... Sidis has given us a word which has proved very useful in this connection. The limit of sensitivity of a cell—the degree of irritability—he calls the stimulus-threshold.[59] As the wind must come in gusts to drive the rain in over a high doorsill, so must any stimulus—an idea or a sensation—come ...

— Outwitting Our Nerves - A Primer of Psychotherapy • Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury

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