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Synonyms for sensitiveness

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Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The quality or degree of being sensitive.

Forms

Plural
sensitivenesses → sensitivities, sensibilities, delicacies, susceptibilities…

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Sensitiveness or Susceptibility?

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

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sensitivenessfalling
sensitivitysteady
sensibilityrising
delicacysteady
susceptibilityfalling
tendernessrising

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).