sensitivity

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
noun the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
noun sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

From sensitive + -ity.

But I didn't realize it was that obvious--even to a woman of your tender sensitivity." — Occasion ... for Disaster, Randall Garrett
Investigative analyses of particular significance and sensitivity in the foreign areas were contributed by the Central Intelligence Agency. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
Because of this sensitivity to substratum vibrations, ants are seldom found to infest the ties of railroads carrying heavy traffic, or buildings containing machinery. — Astounding Stories, June, 1931, Various

sensitiveness, sensibility

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