sensitiveness meaning and definition

SENSITIVENESS noun

Definition of sensitiveness (noun)

1. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
   • synonyms: sensitivity
2. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
   • "sensitivity to pain"
   • synonyms: sensibility, sensitivity
3. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
   • "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"; "the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth"
   • synonyms: sensitivity
4. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
   • synonyms: sensitivity
   • antonym: insensitiveness