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hypersensitive

[hahy-per-sen-si-tiv] / ˌhaɪ pərˈsɛn sɪ tɪv /








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Psychologist Justin Barrett of the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology gave a name to the root of this tendency: Humans, he said, have a Hypersensitive Agency Detection Device.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2015

Hypersensitive about venturing into the unreal daily world, she finally would not address her many letters, had her sister do it for her, or else pasted printed addresses on the envelopes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hypersensitive to personal danger, Gouzenko thereafter never appeared in public without disguising himself or covering his head with a bag.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hypersensitive Painter Wood scarcely bothered to refute the rumors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hypersensitive from her convent upbringing she knew intuitively when he entered a room or left it.

From The Shadow of the East by Hull, E. M. (Edith Maude)




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