sensibility

sensibility

capacity for feeling; responsiveness: She has a great sensibility for her patients.
Not to be confused with:sensitivity – ability to react to stimuli: sensitivity to light

sen·si·bil·i·ty

S0266600 (sĕn′sə-bĭl′ĭ-tē)n. pl. sen·si·bil·i·ties 1. The ability to perceive stimuli: lost sensibility in a toe.2. often sensibilitiesa. Mental or emotional responsiveness, especially in being offended or in having one's feelings hurt: "The earthy humor of many of the ballads deeply offended her sensibilities" (Anne Stott).b. The capacity to respond intelligently to refined emotions, especially in art: "They celebrated deeds that fit stereotyped images of noble valor, making the writing flat and tedious to modern sensibilities" (David A. Bell).

sensibility

(ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. (Physiology) the ability to perceive or feel2. (often plural) the capacity for responding to emotion, impression, etc3. (often plural) the capacity for responding to aesthetic stimuli4. mental responsiveness; discernment; awareness5. (usually plural) emotional or moral feelings: cruelty offends most people's sensibilities. 6. (Botany) the condition of a plant of being susceptible to external influences, esp attack by parasites

sen•si•bil•i•ty

(ˌsɛn səˈbɪl ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties. 1. capacity for feeling; responsiveness to sensory stimuli. 2. mental susceptibility or responsiveness. 3. Often, sensibilities. acute capacity to respond to blame or praise. 4. Often, sensibilities. capacity for intellectual and aesthetic discrimination: a person of refined sensibilities. 5. the property, as in plants or instruments, of being readily affected by external influences. [1325–75; Middle English sensibilite < Middle French < Late Latin sēnsibilitās]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sensibility - mental responsiveness and awarenessaesthesia, esthesiaconsciousness - an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"insensibility - a lack of sensibility
	2.	sensibility - refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions; "cruelty offended his sensibility"sensitiveness, sensitivity - sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)perceptiveness, perceptivity, insight - a feeling of understandingsensuousness - a sensuous feeling
	3.	sensibility - (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"sensitivity, sensitivenesssensory faculty, sentiency, sentience, sense, sensation - the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"acuteness - a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed; "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell"hypersensitivity - extreme sensitivityreactivity, responsiveness - responsive to stimulationexteroception - sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the bodyinteroception - sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the bodyphotosensitivity, radiosensitivity - sensitivity to the action of radiant energyphysiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

sensibility

noun1. awareness, insight, intuition, taste, appreciation, delicacy, sensitivity, discernment, perceptiveness Everything he writes demonstrates the depths of his sensibility.
awareness unconsciousness, lack of awareness, insensibility, unperceptiveness, insensitivity, insensibility2. (often plural) feelings, emotions, sentiments, susceptibilities, moral sense The challenge offended their sensibilities.

sensibility

noun1. The capacity for or an act of responding to a stimulus:feeling, sensation, sense, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment.2. The quality or condition of being emotionally and intuitively sensitive:feeling, sensitiveness, sensitivity.

Translations

敏感性识别力

sensibility

(sensiˈbiləti) noun an awareness of, or an ability to create, art, literature etc showing very high standards of beauty and good taste. a writer of great sensibility. 鑑賞力 识别力，敏感性 ˌsensiˈbilities noun plural feelings that can be easily hurt by criticism etc. Do try not to offend her sensibilities. 敏感的情緒 敏感性