oversensitivity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

English sensitivity

English oversensitivity

From over- + sensitivity.

Noun

oversensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural oversensitivities)

1. The state or quality of being excessively sensitive.

   Synonym: oversensitiveness

   Near-synonym: hypersensitivity

   • 2009 January 11, Barbara Ellen, “Barbara Ellen: Rachida - this was an act of weakness, not strength”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

oversensitivity

• Czech: přecitlivělost f
• Danish: overfølsomhed c
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overfølsomhet m or f

• Slovak: precitlivenosť f
• Swedish: överkänslighet (sv) c