sensitivity to

sensitivity to
Synonyms and related words:
a thing for, affinity, aptitude, aptness, bent, bias, cast, conatus, conduciveness, delight, diathesis, disposition, eagerness, feeling for, inclination, leaning, liability, liking, penchant, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, probability, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, soft spot, susceptibility, tendency, tropism, turn, twist, warp, weakness, willingness

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  • sensitivity — sen‧si‧tiv‧i‧ty [ˌsensˈtɪvti] noun [uncountable] 1. the degree to which something is likely to be affected by something else: • Because of their sensitivity to aluminum ingot prices, both companies expect a fall in profits. • Particular areas… …   Financial and business terms

  • Sensitivity — Sen si*tiv i*ty, n. The quality or state of being sensitive; used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver. [1913 Webster] Sensitivity and emotivity have also been used as the scientific term for the capacity of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sensitivity — 1803, from SENSITIVE (Cf. sensitive) + ITY (Cf. ity). Sensitivity training attested by 1954 …   Etymology dictionary

  • sensitivity — sensitivity. = susceptibility (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • sensitivity — sensitivity. См. чувствительность. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • sensitivity — index discretion (quality of being discreet), insight, sensibility, understanding (tolerance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • sensitivity — [n] responsiveness to stimuli acuteness, affectibility, awareness, consciousness, delicacy, feeling, impressionability, nervousness, reactiveness, reactivity, receptiveness, sensation, sense, sensitiveness, subtlety, susceptibility, sympathy;… …   New thesaurus

  • sensitivity — ► NOUN (pl. sensitivities) 1) the quality or condition of being sensitive. 2) (sensitivities) a person s feelings which might be easily offended or hurt …   English terms dictionary

  • sensitivity — [sen΄sə tiv′ə tē] n. the condition or quality of being sensitive; specif., a) the responsiveness of an organ or organism to external stimuli b) Radio TV the capacity of a receiver to respond to incoming signals …   English World dictionary

  • sensitivity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ extreme, great, high ▪ This is a matter of great sensitivity. ▪ a poet of great sensitivity ▪ low ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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