sensibility

sen·si·bil·i·ty

noun \ˌsen(t)-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē\

plural sen·si·bil·i·ties

Definition of SENSIBILITY

1

: ability to receive sensations : sensitiveness <tactile sensibility>

2

: peculiar susceptibility to a pleasurable or painful impression (as from praise or a slight) —often used in plural

3

: awareness of and responsiveness toward something (as emotion in another)

4

: refined or excessive sensitiveness in emotion and taste with especial responsiveness to the pathetic

Examples of SENSIBILITY

1. The writer is remembered most for his sensibility.
2. She's a woman of poetic sensibility.

First Known Use of SENSIBILITY

15th century

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with SENSIBILITY

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