oversensitivity

oversensitivity

English

Etymology

    From over- + sensitivity.

    Noun

    oversensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural oversensitivities)

    1. The state or quality of being excessively sensitive.
      Synonym: oversensitiveness
      Near-synonym: hypersensitivity
      • 2009 January 11, Barbara Ellen, “Barbara Ellen: Rachida - this was an act of weakness, not strength”, in The Observer[1]:
        While this must be hard on Kate and Gerry McCann, it is also a sign that their campaign was extraordinarily successful, so successful that a culture of oversensitivity has long swirled in the slipstream.

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