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OVERSENSITIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oversensitiveness mean? 

OVERSENSITIVENESS (noun)
  The noun OVERSENSITIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upsetplay

  Familiarity information: OVERSENSITIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERSENSITIVENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("oversensitiveness" is a kind of...):

sensitiveness; sensitivity (sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others))

Derivation:

oversensitive (unduly sensitive or thin-skinned)


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