What does sensitiveness mean?

Definitions for sensitiveness
sen·si·tive·ness

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sensitivity, sensitivenessnoun

    sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

  2. sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibilitynoun

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

    "sensitivity to pain"

  3. 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"

  4. sensitivity, sensitivenessnoun

    the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

Wiktionary

  1. sensitivenessnoun

    The ability to perceive sensation.

  2. sensitivenessnoun

    The ability to be aware of (and, usually, react with regard to) the feelings of others.

  3. Etymology: From sensitive + -ness

ChatGPT

  1. sensitiveness

    Sensitiveness is the state or quality of being sensitive, which may involve experiencing physical or psychological responses to stimuli or having a heightened awareness of or responsiveness to certain conditions, feelings, or other influences. This can include a wide range of situations, from a person's emotional reactions to their ability to pick up on subtle cues in a conversation or to a device's ability to detect changes in the environment. Sensitiveness can also refer to the susceptibility of something to a change or damage, such as in the case of sensitive electronic equipment or a sensitive subject matter.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sensitiveness in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sensitiveness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of sensitiveness in a Sentence

  1. Von Humboldt:

    It is resignation and contentment that are best calculated to lead us safely through life. Whoever has not sufficient power to endure privations, and even suffering, can never feel that he is armour-proof against painful emotions; nay, he must attribute to himself, or at least to the morbid sensitiveness of his nature, every disagreeable feeling he may suffer.

  2. Alfred Adler:

    Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.

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