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English Dictionary: sensitiveness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sensitiveness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sensitiveness
n
  1. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
    Synonym(s): sensitivity, sensitiveness
  2. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"
    Synonym(s): sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility
  3. 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"
    Synonym(s): sensitivity, sensitiveness
  4. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
    Synonym(s): sensitivity, sensitiveness
    Antonym(s): insensitiveness, insensitivity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   -- {Sen"si*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Sen"si*tive*ness}, n.
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