responsiveness

noun

as in sensitivity

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Recent Examples of responsiveness Our purpose in glorifying Him – our responsiveness to Him – is as God-impelled and empowered as is His responsibility to us. — Judith Hardy Olson, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026 Tether defends the short delay as a necessary trade-off for responsible responsiveness in a large ecosystem, rejecting claims of a loophole. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The Samsung 55-inch M80H Series pairs mini-LED precision with 144-hertz gaming responsiveness for the ultimate experience. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026 The program plays a central role in maintaining US maritime advantage by ensuring warfighters have access to vessels with exceptional endurance, stealth, responsiveness, and advanced warfighting capabilities. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026 Ultra-fast responsiveness and a broad adjustment range, capable of adjusting damping force in less than 10 milliseconds. — New Atlas, 25 July 2026 As for the performance technology, Climacool, AdiSoft and Lycra Adaptiv were used to help support ventilation, comfort, adaptive fit and movement responsiveness. — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for responsiveness
  1. sensitivity
  2. feelings
  3. sensibility
Noun
  • Today, the moon continues its journey through its domicile, Cancer, heightening everything from our intuition to our innermost feelings — memories from the past and emotional sensitivities are no exception.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
  • That sensitivity is reflected in the adorable strategy Hunnam employed to detox from playing Gein throughout the production.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sensitivity
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  • Advertisement Last year, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix began working on an initiative that involved holding listening sessions with young people about their thoughts and feelings on various topics, including faith and family life.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But what frightened me most was not death alone, but the idea of dying before my writings reached the world—that my story would disappear with me, and that my feelings, my memories, my identity, and my human experience would be erased.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of feelings
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  • But for now, the heady, political, Lindelofian stuff never quite melts together with the small-town detective stuff, which is too inherently austere to accommodate the co-creator's maximalist sensibility.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The anemoia is documented, widespread, and functionally economic—as much a psychological symptom of the affordability and mobility gap between generations as a fashion sensibility.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of sensibility

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