hypersensitivity

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ sensitivity

Noun

hypersensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural hypersensitivities)

1. Any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy; hypersensation
2. The state of being easily offended or hurt.
   • 2015, The Atlantic, G. Lukianoff and J. Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind:

     If our universities are teaching students that their emotions can be used effectively as weapons—or at least as evidence in administrative proceedings—then they are teaching students to nurture a kind of hypersensitivity that will lead them into countless drawn-out conflicts in college and beyond.

Derived terms

• hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• sensory hypersensitivity

Related terms

• hypersensitive

Translations

heightened immune response to an antigen

• Catalan: hipersensibilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過敏症／过敏症 (guòmǐnzhèng), 过敏症 (guòmǐnzhèng)

• Czech: přecitlivělost f
• French: hypersensibilité (fr) f
• Galician: hipersensibilidade (gl) f
• German: Überempfindlichkeit f
• Irish: hipiríogaireacht f
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• Italian: ipersensibilità (it) f
• Japanese: 過敏症 (かびんしょう, kabinshō)
• Korean: 과민성 (gwaminseong)
• Portuguese: hipersensibilidade f
• Romanian: hipersensibilitate (ro) f
• Russian: гиперчувстви́тельность (ru) f (giperčuvstvítelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: hipersensibilidad f
• Swedish: överkänslighet c

Further reading

• hypersensitivity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia