Thesaurus results for SENSITIVITY

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 But the products may cause skin sensitivity in some pets. —

Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 May 2026 That's because shooting at 50MP reduces light sensitivity and the camera’s ability to perform heavy computational processing. —

Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026 Macro conditions reinforce that sensitivity. —

Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 For instance, it’s estimated that colonoscopy can have 95% sensitivity and up to 89% specificity. —

Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 27 May 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