SENSITIVITY

• (noun) the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

  synonyms : sensitiveness

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : sensitiveness

• (noun) (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

  "sensitivity to pain"

  synonyms : sensibility , sensitiveness

• (noun) sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

  synonyms : sensitiveness

• (noun) susceptibility to a pathogen

  synonyms : predisposition

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