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sensitivities

NOUN

responsiveness to stimuli

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awareness feeling nervousness sense subtlety sympathy

STRONG

acuteness consciousness delicacy reactivity receptiveness sensation sensitiveness susceptibility

WEAK

affectibility impressionability reactiveness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unconsciousness

WEAK

apathy impassivity insensitivity numbness

Example Sentences

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He asked that only his first name be used because of sensitivities around security issues in the kingdom.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Given the sensitivities around healthcare, the company is taking a “deliberate, slightly slower, more meticulous approach” to the vertical than to other topic areas, Suleyman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

There are some pro forma jokes about the sensitivities of the young, with Greg getting into not-very-hot water over misunderstood references to “white whale” and the Bangles’ “Walk Like an Egyptian.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

While still mindful of national sensitivities, the new German government of Friedrich Merz is going in a very different direction.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Hamilton tried to reassure him that his sensitivities on this score were excessive, that if he did choose to run for a third term, he would win in a walk.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis