sensibility meaning
UK /ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/ US /ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ 5 syllables
sensibility (noun): mental responsiveness and awareness.
sensibility has 3 meanings in this dictionary.
sensibility as a noun
- mental responsiveness and awareness
Opposite: insensibility
Type of: consciousness
Related forms: sensible
- refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
- cruelty offended his sensibility
Type of: sensitivity
Kinds: insight, sensuousness
- (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
- sensitivity to pain
Synonyms: sensitivity, sensitiveness
Type of: sense
Kinds: acuteness, hypersensitivity, responsiveness, exteroception, interoception, photosensitivity
Related forms: sensible
How to pronounce sensibility
sensibility is pronounced /ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/ in British English and /ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ in American English. It has 5 syllables, with the stress on the third syllable.
Words that rhyme with sensibility
Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with SE · words ending in TY · 11-letter words
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