 sensibility |
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| 1. | [ noun ] mental responsiveness and awareness | |
| Related terms: | insensibility consciousness | |
| 2. | [ noun ] refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions | |
| Examples: | "cruelty offended his sensibility" |
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| Related terms: | sensitivity insight withers sensuousness | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli | |
| Synonyms: | sensitivity sensitiveness | |
| Examples: | : "sensitivity to pain" |
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| Related terms: | sense responsiveness exteroception interoception hypersensitivity photosensitivity physiology | |
| Similar spelling: |
sensibilize sensibilise sensibly sensible |
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