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sensibility

/ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The ability to sense, feel or perceive; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity.
  2. Emotional or artistic awareness; keen sensitivity to matters of feeling or creative expression.
  3. Excessive emotional awareness; the fact or quality of being overemotional.
  4. (in the plural) An acute awareness or feeling.
  5. The capacity to be perceived by the senses.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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