Definition of "sensitiveness" [sensitiveness]

• The ability to perceive sensation. (noun)
• The ability to be aware of (and, usually, react with regard to) the feelings of others. (noun)

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• "His great sensitiveness is touchingly shown in his representation of this first contact with the Lord; the circumstances are present to him in the minutest details; he still remembers the Very hour."
• "‘Yes; — but the worst of it is, that when they suffer from this weakness, which you call sensitiveness, they think that they are made of finer material than other people."
• ""Yes; -- but the worst of it is, that when they suffer from this weakness, which you call sensitiveness, they think that they are made of finer material than other people."