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SENSITIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Synonyms:
sensitiveness; sensitivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sensitiveness" is a kind of...):
ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sensitiveness"):
antenna; feeler (sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ)
defensiveness (excessive sensitivity to criticism)
perceptiveness (the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding)
Antonym:
insensitiveness (the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment)
Derivation:
sensitive (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
Example:
the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth
Synonyms:
sensitiveness; sensitivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sensitiveness" is a kind of...):
physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
Attribute:
sensitive (responsive to physical stimuli)
insensitive (not responsive to physical stimuli)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sensitiveness"):
frequency response ((electronics) a curve representing the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency)
Derivation:
sensitive (responsive to physical stimuli)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
Example:
sensitivity to pain
Synonyms:
sensibility; sensitiveness; sensitivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sensitiveness" is a kind of...):
sensation; sense; sensory faculty; sentience; sentiency (the faculty through which the external world is apprehended)
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sensitiveness"):
acuteness (a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed)
hypersensitivity (extreme sensitivity)
reactivity; responsiveness (responsive to stimulation)
exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)
interoception (sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body)
photosensitivity; radiosensitivity (sensitivity to the action of radiant energy)
Derivation:
sensitive (able to feel or perceive)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
Synonyms:
sensitiveness; sensitivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("sensitiveness" is a kind of...):
feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)
Attribute:
sensitive (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others)
insensitive (deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sensitiveness"):
oversensitiveness (sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset)
sensibility (refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions)
feelings (emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity))
Derivation:
sensitive (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others)
