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 People with a pumpkin seed allergy or sensitivity should avoid applying or ingesting pumpkin seed oil. —

Carley Millhone, Health, 4 May 2026 Trucking companies use eyeball trackers, high-sensitivity recording equipment, and brain-wave scanners to find signs of driver distress or fatigue. —

Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026 Large-scale sky surveys, conducted over the past century for entirely different scientific purposes, have already scanned vast regions of the sky with sufficient sensitivity. —

Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026 Kim has labeled South Korea as his most hostile adversary and has shown sensitivity to South Korean soft power, pushing aggressively to block the influence of South Korean culture and language among his population. —

ABC News, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sensitivity

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perceptiveness

Noun

The future will favor perceptiveness.

— Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
But what the rest of the league isn’t factoring in is the perceptiveness of one of the game’s all-time great players.

— Nick Friedell, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026