Sensitivity meaning

What does “sensitivity” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“sensitivity” is a noun with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation.

sensitivity

(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
“sensitivity to pain”
Synonymssensitiveness sensibility
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”
Synonymssensitiveness
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
Synonymssensitiveness
susceptibility to a pathogen
Synonymspredisposition
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Synonymssensitiveness
Oppositesinsensitivity

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University