nnoun.cognition(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensationTopic:physiology
Synset:sensibility sensitiveness
Derivationally Related Form:sensiblesensitive
Hypernyms:sensation sense sensory faculty sentience sentiency
Inherited Hypernyms:sensitivitysensefacultyabilitycognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:acutenessexteroceptionhypersensitivityinteroceptionphotosensitivityradiosensitivityreactivityresponsiveness
Full Hyponyms:absolute pitchachromatic visionacuityacutenessbinocular visioncentral visioncolor visiondaylight visiondistance visionearequilibriumexcitabilityexteroceptioneyesightfoveal visionhearinghypersensitivityinteroceptionkinanesthesiakinesthesiakinesthesismonocular visionnear visionnight visionnoseoxyopiaperipheral visionphotosensitivityproprioceptionresponsivenesssightsmellsomesthesiastereoscopic visionstigmatismtactual sensationtastetouchtwenty-twenty
nnoun.attributethe ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differencesAttributes:insensitive sensitive
Synset:sensitiveness
Examples:- a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity
- the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth
Derivationally Related Form:sensitive
Hypernyms:physical property
Inherited Hypernyms:sensitivityphysical propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:frequency response
Full Hyponyms:frequency response
nnoun.feelingsensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)Attributes:insensitive sensitive
Synset:sensitiveness
Derivationally Related Form:sensitive
Hypernyms:feeling
Inherited Hypernyms:sensitivityfeelingstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:feelingsoversensitivenesssensibility
Full Hyponyms:feelingsinsightoversensitivenesssensibilitysensuousness
nnoun.statesusceptibility to a pathogenAttributes:desensitising desensitizing sensitising sensitizing
Synset:predisposition
Hypernyms:susceptibility susceptibleness
Inherited Hypernyms:sensitivitysusceptibilityconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:diathesishabitushypersensitivitysensitisationsensitization
Full Hyponyms:allergic rhinitisallergyanaphylactic shockanaphylaxiscryesthesiadelayed allergydiathesisfood allergyhabitushay feverhypersensitivityhypersensitivity reactionimmediate allergyirritationsensitizationserum sicknessurtication
nnoun.attributethe ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environmentSynset:sensitiveness
Antonyms:insensitivenessinsensitivity
Derivationally Related Form:sensitive
Hypernyms:ability
Inherited Hypernyms:sensitivityabilityqualityattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:antennadefensivenessfeelerperceptiveness
Full Hyponyms:antennabunker mentalitydefensivenessperceptiveness