Meaning

noun sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

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

noun the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences

originEtymology tree English sensitive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sensitiveness From sensitive + -ness.

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