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Sensitivity

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

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Broader term 7

Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Feeling 76% connected

of Feel

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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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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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Susceptibility 76% connected

The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.

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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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Antenna 76% connected

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latte…

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Diathesis 76% connected

Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.

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Feeler 76% connected

One who, or that which, feels.

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Habitus 76% connected

Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.

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Sensibility 76% connected

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

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Sensible 74% connected

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…

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Sensible 74% connected

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…

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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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Attribute 4

Insensitive 66% connected

Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.

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Insensitive 66% connected

Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.

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Sensitive 66% 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 66% connected

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

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Predisposition 92% connected

The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as,…

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Sensibility 92% connected

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

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