Sensitivity - Definition

n 1: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the
faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain" [syn:
sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility]
2: 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" [syn: sensitivity,
sensitiveness]
3: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) [syn:
sensitivity, sensitiveness]
4: susceptibility to a pathogen [syn: sensitivity,
predisposition]
5: the ability to respond to affective changes in your
interpersonal environment [syn: sensitivity,
sensitiveness] [ant: insensitiveness, insensitivity]