Sensibility - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌsensəˈbɪlətɪ|  American pronunciation of the word sensibility
Brit.  |ˌsensɪˈbɪlɪtɪ|  British pronunciation of the word sensibility

noun

- mental responsiveness and awareness
- refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
cruelty offended his sensibility
- (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation (syn: sensitiveness, sensitivity)

Extra examples

The writer is remembered most for his sensibility.

She's a woman of poetic sensibility.

He had great sensibility of censure.

It wounded her delicate sensibilities to be addressed in such a vulgar manner.

Avoid using words that might offend someone's racial or moral sensibilities.

He is without a political agenda as he is without a coherent moral sensibility.

The hand or foot is asleep in case of numbness or diminution of sensibility.

Word forms

noun
singular: sensibility
plural: sensibilities
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