SENSIBILITY


Meaning of SENSIBILITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsen(t)-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē ]

noun

( plural -ties )

Date: 15th century

1. : ability to receive sensations : sensitiveness

tactile sensibility

2. : peculiar susceptibility to a pleasurable or painful impression (as from praise or a slight) — often used in plural

3. : awareness of and responsiveness toward something (as emotion in another)

4. : refined or excessive sensitiveness in emotion and taste with especial responsiveness to the pathetic

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.