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- [sen-suh-bil-i-tee]
- /ˌsɛn səˈbɪl ɪ ti/
- /ˌsen.sɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sen-suh-bil-i-tee]
- /ˌsɛn səˈbɪl ɪ ti/
Definitions of sensibility word
- noun plural sensibility capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli. 1
- noun plural sensibility mental susceptibility or responsiveness; quickness and acuteness of apprehension or feeling. 1
- noun plural sensibility keen consciousness or appreciation. 1
- noun plural sensibility sensibilities, emotional capacities. 1
- noun plural sensibility Sometimes, sensibilities. liability to feel hurt or offended; sensitive feelings. 1
- noun plural sensibility Often, sensibilities. capacity for intellectual and aesthetic distinctions, feelings, tastes, etc.: a man of refined sensibilities. 1
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Origin of sensibility
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English sensibilite < Middle French < Late Latin sēnsibilitās. See sensible, -ity
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Parts of speech for Sensibility
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sensibility popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sensibility usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sensibility
noun sensibility
- absoluteness — the quality of being absolute
- acquaintanceship — a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.
- advisability — proper to be suggested or recommended; desirable or wise, as a course of action: Is it advisable for me to write to him?
- affectability — the ability to be influenced or affected by something
- aliveness — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
Antonyms for sensibility
noun sensibility
- after hours — occurring, engaged in, or operating after the normal or legal closing time for business: an after-hours drinking club.
- asphyxia — Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly.
- brownout — a dimming or reduction in the use of electric lights in a city, esp to conserve electric power or as a defensive precaution in wartime
- caliginosity — darkness
- confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
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