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sensitivity

noun

ˌsen(t)-sə-ˈti-və-tē

Definition of sensitivity

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the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences the sensitivity needed for a microphone that will be used in a recording studio

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Recent Examples of sensitivity As the intuitive Moon enters your 7th House of Partnership, your sensitivity to commitments heightens and clear expectations matter more than charm. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2026 The article highlights that while AI created the language, the critical error was human marketers failing to use AI for cultural sensitivity *evaluation*. — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Mozaffarian said seed oils can help lower glucose levels, improve insulin sensitivity, reduce bad (LDL) cholesterol, reduce triglycerides and increase levels of positive (HDL) cholesterol. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 July 2026 Or why then-Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel was only suspended for the first five games of the 2018 season and ordered to undergo sensitivity training after making a racist gesture towards Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish during the 2017 World Series. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sensitivity

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perceptiveness

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There is no denying her perceptiveness, and her contemporaneous letters to her husband’s successor, Andrew Johnson—mostly attempts to secure positions for Lincoln loyalists—do not suggest a woman mentally finished off by yet more grief and loss.

— Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
The future will favor perceptiveness.

— Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026

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