Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Sensitiveness has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
"sensitivity to pain"
the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
"a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"
"the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth"
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
The quality or degree of being sensitive.