sensibilité

Definitions of sensibilité
  1. noun
    the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
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    insensibilité
    the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
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    perspicacité
    the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding
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    capacité
    the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
  2. noun
    responsive to stimulation
    synonyms: réceptivité
  3. noun
    the state of being susceptible; easily affected
    synonyms: susceptibilité
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    immunité
    the state of not being susceptible
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    responsabilité
    the state of being legally obliged and responsible
    capacité
    the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
    prédisposition
    susceptibility to a pathogen
    imposition
    liability to taxation
    imposition
    the state of being liable to assessment or taxation
    hyper sensibilité
    pathological sensitivity
    type of:
    condition, statut, état
    a state at a particular time
  4. noun
    sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
  5. noun
    (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
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    réceptivité
    responsive to stimulation
    extéroception
    sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
    vue
    the ability to see; the visual faculty
    sens du toucher, toucher
    the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
    ouïe, sens de l'ouïe
    the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
    goût, sens du goût
    the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
    odorat, sens olfactif
    the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
    type of:
    sens, sensation
    the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
  6. noun
    sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
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    délicatesse
    refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
    sentiment
    emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity)
    perspicacité
    a feeling of understanding
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    sens du toucher, sentiment, toucher
    the experiencing of affective and emotional states
  7. noun
    refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
    synonyms: délicatesse
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    perspicacité
    a feeling of understanding
  8. noun
    susceptibility to a pathogen
    synonyms: prédisposition
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    types:
    hyper sensibilité
    pathological sensitivity
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    susceptibilité
    the state of being susceptible; easily affected
  9. noun
    emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity)
    synonyms: sentiment
  10. noun
    the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
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    propriété physique
    any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
  11. noun
    a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
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    inquiétude, sollicitude
    a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
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