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English
Etymology
From sensitive + -ness.
Noun
sensitiveness (countable and uncountable, plural sensitivenesses)
- The quality or degree of being sensitive.
- The ability to perceive sensation.
- The ability to be aware of (and, usually, react with regard to) the feelings of others.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XXI. Lady Marchmont’s Journal.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 159:How wrong I was! wit, with him, was only the sparkle of the waters which hide precious things in the depths below. I can enter into the sensitiveness which is fain to keep that which it prizes most dearly, hidden from a cold and mocking world.
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