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sensitivity vs oversensitiveness

oversensitiveness vs sensitivity

sensitivity and oversensitiveness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sensitivity Yes No No No
oversensitiveness Yes No No No
As nouns, oversensitiveness is a hyponym of sensitivity; that is, oversensitiveness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sensitivity:
  • sensitivity: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
  • oversensitiveness: sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset
Other hyponyms of sensitivity include sensibility, feelings.
sensitivity (noun) oversensitiveness (noun)
the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
susceptibility to a pathogen
Difference between sensitivity and oversensitiveness

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