"sensibility" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sensibility.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sensibilities [plural]
Etymology: sensible + -ity, from Middle French sensibilité, and its source, Latin sēnsibilitās. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sensible|ity}} sensible + -ity, {{der|en|frm|sensibilité}} Middle French sensibilité, {{der|en|la|sēnsibilitās}} Latin sēnsibilitās Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sensibility (countable and uncountable, plural sensibilities)
  1. The ability to sense, feel or perceive; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (ability to sense; responsiveness to stimuli): herkkyys (Finnish), aistimiskyky (Finnish), Sensibilität [feminine] (German), Empfindlichkeit [feminine] (German), Empfindungsvermögen [neuter] (German), sensibilitate [feminine] (Romanian), känslighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sensibility-en-noun-zwwCOhgP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 21 37 4 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 36 22 29 7 6 Disambiguation of 'ability to sense; responsiveness to stimuli': 87 2 2 0 8
  2. Emotional or artistic awareness; keen sensitivity to matters of feeling or creative expression. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sensibility-en-noun-DZeOdiD0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 21 37 4 4
  3. (now rare, archaic) Excessive emotional awareness; the fact or quality of being overemotional. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Translations (emotional awareness): tunneäly (Finnish), tunnekyky (Finnish), Sensibilität [feminine] (German), Empfindsamkeit [feminine] (German), sensibilitate [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-sensibility-en-noun-VeSXmPZI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 21 37 4 4 Disambiguation of 'emotional awareness': 2 33 50 16 0
  4. (in the plural) An acute awareness or feeling. Tags: countable, in-plural, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sensibility-en-noun-0lDuSFGx
  5. (obsolete) The capacity to be perceived by the senses. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sensibility-en-noun-imlcI2mY

Inflected forms

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