Sensitiveness Definition
sensitiveness
noun
- sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
- (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"
- 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"
- the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Words that rhyme with sensitiveness
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