oversensitivenessn.
/ˌəʊvəˈsɛnsᵻtᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈsɛnsədɪvnᵻs/ Excessive or undue sensitiveness.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [noun] > excessive sensitiveness
supersensibility1828
supersensitiveness1830
oversensitiveness1841
hyperaesthesia1865
hypersensitiveness1876
oversensitivity1925
hypersensitivity1954
1841 N. Amer. Rev. July 254 Such objections appear to us to be founded on an over-sensitiveness about the moral progress of the pupil.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. x. 209 Beware of oversensitiveness, where nature has plainly indicated her alternative gateway of knowledge.
1925 Social Forces 4 114/2 The shyness and over-sensitiveness that characterizes many rural people.
1991 C. Hammond How to use Homeopathy (BNC) 115 Great irritability and oversensitiveness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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