Synonyms for sensitiveness
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Noun
1. Sensitivity
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Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or degree of being sensitive.
Forms
- Plural
- sensitivenesses → sensitivities, sensibilities, delicacies, susceptibilities…
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Thus, in physics, the sensitiveness of a magnetic needle is the ease with which it may be deflected, as by another magnet; its susceptibility is the degree to which it can be magnetized by a given magnetic force or the amount of magnetism it will hold.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- sensitivity It's a topic I approach with care and sensitivity.
- sensibility I can't compete with the delicate sensibility of Tom.
- delicacy Fried spiders are a regional delicacy in Cambodia.
- susceptibility Exposure to radiation causes susceptibility to mutations.
- tenderness I looked at her and saw tenderness in her eyes.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sensitiveness | falling | |
| sensitivity | steady | |
| sensibility | rising | |
| delicacy | steady | |
| susceptibility | falling | |
| tenderness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- tact1
- 8 letters
- delicacy4
- 10 letters
- tenderness3
- 11 letters
- sensitivity5, sensibility5
- 14 letters
- susceptibility6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (delicacy4 = 4 syllables).