"oversensitivity" meaning in All languages combined

See oversensitivity on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: oversensitivities [plural]
Etymology: From over- + sensitivity. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|sensitivity}} over- + sensitivity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} oversensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural oversensitivities)
  1. The state or quality of being excessively sensitive. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: oversensitiveness Translations (oversensitivity): overfølsomhed [common-gender] (Danish), overfølsomhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), överkänslighet [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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