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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- sensative (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sensitive (comparative more sensitive, superlative most sensitive)
- Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition III, section 1, member 2, subsection i:
- The sensitive faculty most part overrules reason, the soul is carried hoodwinked, and the understanding captive like a beast.
- Responsive to stimuli.
- (of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
- Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.
- (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting.
- Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.
- Meant to be concealed or kept secret.
- These are highly sensitive documents.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Citadel:
- Xeltan: I cannot speak more about this problem; it is too sensitive. Suffice it to say, she has compromised my authority as a diplomat.
- Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy.
- The president's untimely statement disrupted some very sensitive negotiations.
- (of an instrument) Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
- (archaic) Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.
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Translations[edit]
having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
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responsive to stimuli
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easily offended
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capable of offending
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accurate
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Noun[edit]
sensitive (plural sensitives)
- A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 72:
- [I]t is quite certain that many of their fears were unfounded, and centred upon perfectly innocent people - especially those who were what we now call "mediumistic" or "sensitives".
- 2003, Frederic W.H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death Part 2
- Swedenborg was one of the leading savants of Europe; it would be absurd to place any of our sensitives on the same intellectual level.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sensitive
Noun[edit]
sensitive f (plural sensitives)
Further reading[edit]
- “sensitive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sensitive f pl
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Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sēnsitīve
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sensitive
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sensitive
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