Sensitivity

n.

1.

The quality or state of being sensitive; - used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver. Sensitivity and emotivity have also been used as the scientific term for the capacity of feeling. - Hickok.

Noun	1.	sensitivity - (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; "sensitivity to pain" Synonyms: sensitiveness, sensibility
	2.	sensitivity - the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences; "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"
	3.	sensitivity - sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) Synonyms: sensitiveness
	4.	sensitivity - susceptibility to a pathogen Synonyms: predisposition
	5.	sensitivity - the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment Synonyms: sensitiveness Antonyms: insensitiveness, insensitivity - the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

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