sensibility
noun
Simple meaning
Keen sensitivity to matters of creative expression or feeling.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
sehnsihbilihteeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
sɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
uncountable
The ability to feel, perceive, or sense; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity; also, the degree to which someone or something (especially a sensory organ or tissue) is able to respond to sensory stimuli.
uncountable
Keen sensitivity to matters of creative expression or feeling; artistic or emotional awareness.
countableuncountableoften in the plural
Emotions or feelings arising from or relating to aesthetic or moral standards, especially those which are sensitive and thus likely to be hurt or offended.
uncountable
The quality of being easily affected by external forces or stimuli; also, of a measuring instrument: the quality of being able to detect small changes in the environment.
Mental responsiveness and awareness
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How this word commonly comes across.
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This meaning: Emotions or feelings arising from or relating to aesthetic or moral standards, especially those which are sensitive and thus likely to be hurt or offended.
Used this way, sensibility is a reasonably familiar word with a faintly unfavourable edge. It turns up most in ethics or values contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Slightly negative
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Serious and weighty
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Ethics/values
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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Sense: ability to feel or perceive or or sense
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