sensitivity group

American  

noun

1. a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.

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Etymology

Origin of sensitivity group

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Before the postponement, the National Gallery had convened a “sensitivity group” made up of members beyond the immediate Guston team, the show’s curator, Harry Cooper, said.

From New York Times

Even though misophonia is a new term, thousands of people have been describing its effects on them for years and joined such online support groups as Yahoo’s Selective Sound Sensitivity Group and Reddit.com’s misophonia subreddit.

From Washington Post

Not easy, since Ronee is having a lesbian affair, the upstairs tenant is a yellow journalist with a randy mouth, a battered young bride has come to share the living room, and the three members of Will's male sensitivity group have all fallen in lust with each other.

From Time Magazine Archive

He joined a men's sensitivity group, started a jazz-rock band�called Severance, fittingly enough�and met Pamela Koslow.

From Time Magazine Archive

When this idea of them is heard by them, its effect corresponds to how I experienced the technique in sensitivity group of literally being allowed to dance into what felt like the circle of man, our group.

From Project Gutenberg