OVERSENSITIVENESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("oversensitiveness" is a kind of...):

sensitiveness; sensitivity (sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others))

Derivation:

oversensitive (unduly sensitive or thin-skinned)

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