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Sensibility

The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive.

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Acuteness 76% connected

The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

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Insight 76% connected

A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

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Perceptivity 76% connected

The quality or state of being perceptive; power of perception.

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Consciousness 76% connected

The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.

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Sensation 76% connected

An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one o…

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Sense 76% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sensitivity 76% connected

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

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Sentience 76% connected

Alt. of Sentiency

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Sentiency 76% connected

The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation.

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Sensitive 74% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Sensitive 74% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Sore 74% connected

Reddish brown; sorrel.

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Sore 74% connected

Reddish brown; sorrel.

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Aesthesia 92% connected

Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.

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Sensitivity 92% connected

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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