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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 upset
Familiarity information: OVERSENSITIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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