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单词 sensibilities
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sensibility

noun

sen·​si·​bil·​i·​ty ˌsen(t)-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce sensibility (audio)
plural sensibilities
1
: ability to receive sensations : sensitiveness
tactile sensibility
2
: peculiar susceptibility to a pleasurable or painful impression (as from praise or a slight)
often used in plural
3
: awareness of and responsiveness toward something (such as emotion in another)
4
: refined or excessive sensitiveness in emotion and taste with especial responsiveness to the pathetic

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The meanings of sensibility run the gamut from mere sensation to excessive sentimentality. In between is a capacity for delicate appreciation, a sense often pluralized. In Jane Austen's books, sensibility is mostly an admirable quality she attributes to, or finds lacking in, her characters: "He had ... a sensibility to what was amiable and lovely" (of Mr. Elliot in Persuasion). In Sense and Sensibility, however, Austen starts out by ascribing to Marianne sensibleness, on the one hand, but an "excess of sensibility" on the other: "Her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation ... she was everything but prudent."

Synonyms

  • feeling
  • heartstrings
  • passions
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Example Sentences

The writer is remembered most for his sensibility. She's a woman of poetic sensibility.
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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sensibility

noun

sen·​si·​bil·​i·​ty ˌsen-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce sensibility (audio)
plural sensibilities
1
: the ability to receive or feel sensations
2
: the ability to feel and understand emotions

Medical Definition

sensibility

noun

sen·​si·​bil·​i·​ty ˌsen(t)-sə-ˈbil-ət-ē How to pronounce sensibility (audio)
plural sensibilities
1
: ability to receive sensations
sensibility to pain
2
: awareness of and responsiveness toward something (as emotion in another)

sensibilities

plural noun

as in passions
general emotional condition the violent movie upset their sensibilities

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • passions
  • feeling
  • mood
  • spirit
  • heartstrings
  • temper
  • humor
  • mode
  • frame
  • cheer
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