Synonyms for sensitivity
ˌsɛn sɪˈtɪv ɪ tisen·si·tiv·i·ty

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1. sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibilitynoun

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

   "sensitivity to pain"

   Synonyms:
   sensibility, sensitiveness, aesthesia, esthesia, predisposition

   Antonyms:
   insensitiveness, insensitivity

2. sensitivity, sensitivenessnoun

   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:
   sensibility, sensitiveness, predisposition

   Antonyms:
   insensitiveness, insensitivity

3. sensitivity, sensitivenessnoun

   sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

   Synonyms:
   sensibility, sensitiveness, predisposition

   Antonyms:
   insensitiveness, insensitivity

4. sensitivity, predispositionnoun

   susceptibility to a pathogen

   Synonyms:
   sensibility, sensitiveness, predisposition

   Antonyms:
   insensitiveness, insensitivity

5. sensitivity, sensitivenessnoun

   the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

   Synonyms:
   sensibility, sensitiveness, predisposition

   Antonyms:
   insensitivity, insensitiveness

Matched Categories

1. • Ability
   • Feeling
   • Physical Property
   • Physiology
   • Sense
   • Susceptibility

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1. List of paraphrases for "sensitivity":

   susceptibility, tenderness, sensibility, sensitivities, sensitiveness, responsiveness, sensitive, delicacy, awareness, receptiveness, vulnerability, tact, sensation, psychosocial

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1. Kevin Daly:

   The outlook is tenuous for some countries, given the sensitivity for oil, investors will be a little bit more circumspect and demand a higher risk premium when it comes to these kind of commodities-sensitive countries in the current backdrop.

2. The Pope:

   Those who lose their inner serenity, their vivacity and audacity, to hide behind their papers, becoming like procedural machines rather than men of God. This is dangerous to lose human sensitivity, so necessary in order to cry with those who cry and enjoy with those who enjoy.

3. Lee Raby:

   This is not the first time that we, the field, has observed that this early sensitivity effect is more associated with academic than social performance, but much of the theory that is driving this area of research would anticipate the reverse of that, it creates questions.

4. Leo Buscaglia:

   Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain.

5. Dag Hammarskjld:

   You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a patch for