oversensitivityn.
/ˌəʊvəˌsɛnsᵻˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərˌsɛnsəˈtɪvᵻdi/ Excessive or undue sensitivity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [noun] > excessive sensitiveness
supersensibility1828
supersensitiveness1830
oversensitiveness1841
hyperaesthesia1865
hypersensitiveness1876
oversensitivity1925
hypersensitivity1954
1925 W. J. H. Sprott tr. E. Kretschmer Physique & Character 152 The phenomena of psychic over-sensitivity, from the mimosa-like timid fineness of feeling to a continual state of passionate excitation.
1977 H. Innes Big Footprints ii. ii. 137 The over-sensitivity of a boy who has lost his natural parents.
1997 Your Horse Nov. 41/2 If there is a current obvious stress found, mimulus will help settle any oversensitivity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1925