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Sensibility Common

Sensibility has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

mental responsiveness and awareness

"Her sharp sensibility allowed her to notice the subtle shift in the crowd's mood before anyone else spoke up."

2

refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions

"cruelty offended his sensibility"

3

(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

"sensitivity to pain"

4

The ability to sense, feel or perceive; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity.

"After years of working in a noisy factory, her sudden return to nature restored her sensibility to the subtle sounds of wind and birds."

Related Terms
Antonyms
insensibility
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
consciousness sensitivity sense
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
insight sensuousness acuteness hypersensitivity responsiveness exteroception interoception photosensitivity
Rhyming Words
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