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INSENSITIVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Synonyms:
insensitiveness; insensitivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("insensitivity" is a kind of...):
inability; unfitness (lacking the power to perform)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insensitivity"):
crassitude; crassness (the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement)
tin ear (insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language)
callosity; callousness; hardness; insensibility; unfeelingness (devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness)
unperceptiveness (the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding)
unkindness (lack of sympathy)
Antonym:
sensitivity (the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment)
Derivation:
insensitive (deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive)
