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sensibility
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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sensibility - mental responsiveness and awareness
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.sensibilitysensibility - (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"
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

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] nsensibilidad f;
sensibilities npldelicadeza sg

sensibility [sɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] nsensibilité f;
sensibilities nplsusceptibilité f

sensibility [sɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] sense nEmpfindsamkeit f;
(sensitivity) → Empfindlichkeit f;
to offend sb's sensibilities → jds Zartgefühl verletzen

sensibility
n sensibility [sensiˈbiləti]
an awareness of, or an ability to create, art, literature etc showing very high standards of beauty and good taste a writer of great sensibility. gevoeligheid شُعور مُرْهَف усет senzitivnost følsomhed die Sensibilität ευαισθησία sensibilidad tundeerksus سليقه؛تشخيص herkkyys sensibilité רְגִישוּת संवेदनशीलता osjetljivost, osjećajnost érzékenység kemampuan næmi; gott skynbragð sensibilità 感受性 감성 jautrumas, pajauta jutīgums; smalka uztveres spēja daya kepekaan gevoeligheid følsomhet, følelse, sanseevne wrażliwość sensibilidade sensibilitate чувствительность, восприимчивость citlivosť, vnímavosť občutek, občutljivost senzibilitet känsla, känslighet, sensibilitet ความรู้สึก; ความไหว duyarlık, hassasiyet 敏感性 чутливість; сприйнятливість معقول بات کا ادراک tính nhạy cảm tốt
n pl sensiˈbilities
feelings that can be easily hurt by criticism etc Do try not to offend her sensibilities. fyngevoeligheid حَساسِيّات чуствителност citlivost følelser das Feingefühl ευαισθησία, λεπτά αισθήματα susceptibilidad, sensibilidad tunded حساسيت؛نازك طبعي tunteet susceptibilité רְגָשוֹת संवेदनशील osjećaji érzékenység perasaan fínustu tilfinningar suscettibilità 感じやすさ 감수성, 감정 jausmai patmīlība; vārīgā vieta; smalkjūtība perasaan gevoeligheid følelser uczucia susceptibilidades susceptibilitate самолюбие; чувствительность jemnocit preobčutljivost osećajnost känslor ความรู้สึกอ่อนไหวง่าย duygululuk, içlilik 情感 уразливість جذبات sự đa cảm


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