sensitivity meaning and definition

SENSITIVITY noun

Definition of sensitivity (noun)

1. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
   • "sensitivity to pain"
   • synonyms: sensibility, sensitiveness
2. 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: sensitiveness
3. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
   • synonyms: sensitiveness
4. susceptibility to a pathogen
   • synonyms: predisposition
5. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
   • synonyms: sensitiveness
   • antonym: insensitiveness