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sen·si·tiv·i·ty  (sns-tv-t)

n. pl. sen·si·tiv·i·ties

1. The quality or condition of being sensitive.

2. The capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation.

3. Electronics The degree of response of a receiver or instrument to an incoming signal or to a change in the incoming signal; the signal strength required by an FM tuner to reduce noise and distortion.

4. The degree of response of a plate or film to light, especially to light of a specified wavelength.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sensitivity - (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain" sensitiveness, sensibility sensory faculty, sentiency, sentience, sense, sensation - the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing" acuteness - a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed; "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell" 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 physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
	2.	sensitivity - 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" sensitiveness physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions frequency response - (electronics) a curve representing the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency
	3.	sensitivity - sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) sensitiveness feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" oversensitiveness - sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset sensibility - refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions; "cruelty offended his sensibility" feelings - emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity); "the remark hurt his feelings"
	4.	sensitivity - susceptibility to a pathogen predisposition susceptibility, susceptibleness - the state of being susceptible; easily affected habitus - person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease); "the consumptive habitus" sensitisation, sensitization - the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen) hypersensitivity - pathological sensitivity diathesis - constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
	5.	sensitivity - the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment sensitiveness antenna, feeler - sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations" defensiveness - excessive sensitivity to criticism; "his defensiveness was manifested in hurt silence"; "the fear of being sued for malpractice has magnified physicians' defensiveness" perceptiveness - the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding ability - the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment insensitiveness, insensitivity - the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

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sensitivity

noun 1. susceptibility, responsiveness, reactivity, receptiveness, sensitiveness, reactiveness

noun 2. consideration, patience, thoughtfulness

noun 3. touchiness, oversensitivity

noun 4. responsiveness, precision, keenness, acuteness

Translations

sensitivity [sɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ] n → sensibilidad f; susceptibilidad f

sensitivity [sɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ] n → sensibilité f

sensitivity [sɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ] sensitive n → Empfindlichkeit f;

(understanding) → Einfühlungsvermögen nt;

(of issue etc) → heikle Natur f;

an issue of great sensitivity → ein sehr heikles Thema

sensitivity [sɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ] n → sensibilità