sensitiveness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈsɛnsətɪvnəs/ UK /ˈsɛnsɪtɪvnəs/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of being easily affected or responsive to stimuli or feelings

His sensitiveness to criticism made feedback sessions difficult.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being easily... sensitivity responsiveness susceptibility delicacy tenderness

Opposites

insensitivity callousness numbness

Word family

Related forms sensitive sensitivity sense

Etymology

From 'sensitive' + '-ness'; 'sensitive' is from Medieval Latin 'sensitivus', from Latin 'sensus' ('feeling'), from 'sentire' ('to feel').

sensitivus la-med sentire Latin

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# sensitiveness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈsɛnsətɪvnəs
**IPA (UK):** ˈsɛnsɪtɪvnəs

## Meanings
1. the quality of being easily affected or responsive to stimuli or feelings

## Examples
- His sensitiveness to criticism made feedback sessions difficult.

## Synonyms
- sensitivity
- responsiveness
- susceptibility
- delicacy
- tenderness

## Antonyms
- insensitivity
- callousness
- numbness

## Related Forms
- sensitive
- sensitivity
- sense

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sensitivus
- Root: sentire

## Etymology
From 'sensitive' + '-ness'; 'sensitive' is from Medieval Latin 'sensitivus', from Latin 'sensus' ('feeling'), from 'sentire' ('to feel').

## AI Etymology
Sensitiveness comes from 'sensitive' + '-ness'; 'sensitive' is from Medieval Latin 'sensitivus', from Latin 'sensus' ('feeling'), from 'sentire' ('to feel'). The historical chain includes Latin sensitivus and Latin sentire. The quoted older senses, "sensitive", "-ness", "sensitivus", "sensus", and "feeling", supply the semantic anchors for sensitiveness. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word sensitiveness carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the quality of being easily affected or responsive to stimuli or feelings". Related English forms include sensitive, sensitivity, and sense. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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