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offensensitivity

offensensitivity noun: inappropriately high sensitivity to perceived offense.

Noun

offensensitivity (uncountable)

  1. Inappropriately high sensitivity to perceived offense.
    • (Several characters) My gosh...life is offensive!! Aaaiggh!! (Opus the penguin) Offensensitivity.1982 November 14, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County
    • The contents, ideas, methods, thought patterns and anything else in here including the notion of offensensitivity about this source are not in any way related to Oregon State University or any of its employees, the Oregon State System of Higher Education, or anyone else you care to hassle.1994: Tony Abbott (ed.), Internet World's on Internet (Mecklermedia, 1994), p.362

Origin of offensensitivity

Blend of offense + sensitivity, coined by Berkeley Breathed

Questions about offensensitivity

What does offensensitivity mean?
Offensensitivity means inappropriately high sensitivity to perceived offense.
What part of speech is offensensitivity?
Offensensitivity is a noun.

Words near offensensitivity in the dictionary

  1. offense
  2. offenseful
  3. offenseless
  4. offenselessly
  5. offenselessness
  6. offensensitivity
  7. offenses
  8. offensible
  9. offension
  10. offensive
  11. offensive back

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