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 Definition of 'sensitivity'

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Definitions of 'sensitivity'  

1. (noun) sensitivitysensitivenesssensibility
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
"sensitivity to pain"

2. (noun) sensitivitysensitiveness
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"

3. (noun) sensitivitysensitiveness
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

4. (noun) sensitivitypredisposition
susceptibility to a pathogen

5. (noun) sensitivitysensitiveness
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment


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