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oversensitivity

oversensitivity noun: the state or quality of being excessively sensitive.

Noun

oversensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural oversensitivities)

  1. The state or quality of being excessively sensitive.
    • Near-synonym: hypersensitivity
    • While this must be hard on Kate and Gerry McCann, it is also a sign that their campaign was extraordinarily successful, so successful that a culture of oversensitivity has long swirled in the slipstream.2009 January 11, Barbara Ellen, “Barbara Ellen: Rachida - this was an act of weakness, not strength”, in The Observer

Synonyms of oversensitivity

Forms of oversensitivity

pluraloversensitivities

Origin of oversensitivity

From over- + sensitivity.

Questions about oversensitivity

What does oversensitivity mean?
Oversensitivity means the state or quality of being excessively sensitive.
What part of speech is oversensitivity?
Oversensitivity is a noun.
What is the plural of oversensitivity?
The plural of oversensitivity is oversensitivities.

Words near oversensitivity in the dictionary

  1. oversensing
  2. oversensitive
  3. oversensitively
  4. oversensitiveness
  5. oversensitivities
  6. oversensitivity
  7. oversensitized
  8. oversent
  9. oversentence
  10. oversentenced
  11. oversentences

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