Thesaurus results for SENSITIVITIES

sensitivity

noun

ˌsen(t)-sə-ˈti-və-tē

as in sensitiveness

the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences the sensitivity needed for a microphone that will be used in a recording studio

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Recent Examples of sensitivity Users of the Heat Risk Explorer can toggle variables under heat risk exposure, population sensitivity and access to resources to build their own composite risk map. —

Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026 This hormone improves insulin sensitivity and stimulates GLP-1 secretion. —

Nadine Wehida, Scientific American, 25 June 2026 The telescope’s visible-light camera sensitivity is on par with the Hubble Space Telescope’s wide-field lens, but with an exponentially larger vantage. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 June 2026 Good sleep, limited alcohol intake, and a short walk after dinner can help improve insulin sensitivity and promote healthier blood sugar levels. —

Jillian Kubala, Health, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sensitivity

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perceptiveness

Noun

There is no denying her perceptiveness, and her contemporaneous letters to her husband’s successor, Andrew Johnson—mostly attempts to secure positions for Lincoln loyalists—do not suggest a woman mentally finished off by yet more grief and loss.

— Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
The future will favor perceptiveness.

— Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026