1. (

• sensitivity ,
• sensitiveness

) sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) ;

2. (

• sensitivity ,
• sensitiveness ,
• sensibility ,

) (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain" ;

3. (

• sensitivity ,
• sensitiveness

) 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" ;

4. (

• sensitivity ,
• sensitiveness ,

) the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment ;