sensibility

sen·si·bil·i·ty  (sns-bl-t)

n. pl. sen·si·bil·i·ties

1. The ability to feel or perceive.

2.

a. Keen intellectual perception: the sensibility of a painter to color.

b. Mental or emotional responsiveness toward something, such as the feelings of another.

3. Receptiveness to impression, whether pleasant or unpleasant; acuteness of feeling. Often used in the plural: "The sufferings of the Cuban people shocked our sensibilities" George F. Kennan.

4. Refined awareness and appreciation in matters of feeling.

5. The quality of being affected by changes in the environment.

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sensibility

Noun

pl -ties

1. (often pl) the ability to experience deep feelings

2. (usually pl) the tendency to be influenced or offended: its sheer callousness offended her sensibilities

3. the ability to perceive or feel

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sensibility - mental responsiveness and awareness aesthesia, esthesia consciousness - an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness" insensibility - a lack of sensibility
	2.	sensibility - refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions; "cruelty offended his sensibility" sensitiveness, sensitivity - sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) perceptiveness, perceptivity, insight - a feeling of understanding sensuousness - a sensuous feeling
	3.	sensibility - (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain" sensitivity, sensitiveness 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

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sensibility

noun 1. awareness, insight, intuition, taste, appreciation, delicacy, discernment, perceptiveness << OPPOSITE lack of awareness

noun 2. (often plural) feelings, emotions, sentiments, susceptibilities, moral sense

Translations

sensibility [sɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → sensibilidad f;

sensibilities npl → delicadeza sg

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sensibility [sɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → sensibilité f;

sensibilities npl → susceptibilité f

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sensibility [sɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] sense n → Empfindsamkeit f;

(sensitivity) → Empfindlichkeit f;

to offend sb's sensibilities → jds Zartgefühl verletzen