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sensitiveness

[sen-si-tiv-nis]
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noun
  1. the state or quality of being sensitive.
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Origin of sensitiveness

First recorded in 1820–30; sensitive + -ness

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See sensibility.
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Examples from the Web for sensitiveness

Historical Examples

  • Do not let us spoil a great opportunity because of our sensitiveness as authors.

    Casanova's Homecoming

    Arthur Schnitzler

  • He has not sufficient finesse and sensitiveness to sympathize with the mob.

    Alarms and Discursions

    G. K. Chesterton

  • He continued to play, but the Puritan sensitiveness had taken hold of him.

    Bunyan

    James Anthony Froude

  • If he is slightly abnormal it is only in his sensitiveness to his position.

    Notes on My Books

    Joseph Conrad

  • He disapproved of the doctor's sensitiveness about that far-off episode of his life.