"oversensitivity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oversensitivities [plural]
Etymology: 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: hypersensitivity Translations (oversensitivity): overfølsomhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-oversensitivity-en-noun-2rJCrMzP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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