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sensitiveness

noun

The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

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13
Starts with
S
Ends with
S
Contains
EN
Scrabble score
16

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noun

  1. The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

noun

  1. The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences

    “A galvanometer of extreme sensitivity”

noun

  1. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

    “Sensitivity to pain”

noun

  1. Sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

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A galvanometer of extreme sensitivity
The sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth
Sensitivity to pain

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