sensitivity

Meanings

Plural: sensitivities

Noun

• (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"
• sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
• susceptibility to a pathogen
• the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
• The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
• The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
• The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.
• Vulnerability to medical treatment: Synonym of susceptibility.
• The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified.
• The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.
• The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.

Synonyms

predisposition, sensibility, sensitiveness

Antonyms

insensitiveness, insensitivity