hypersensitivity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English sensitivity English hypersensitivity From hyper- + sensitivity.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy; hypersensation.
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being easily offended or hurt.
"I might say," remarked Professor Richet, "that the hyper-sensibility is moral as well as physical. Panbek is impressionable and full of emotion, with the temperament of the poet and all those little weaknesses, if we may call them so, which the poet pays as a ransom for his gifts."
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:If our universities are teaching students that their emotions can be used effectively as weapons—or at least as evidence in administrative proceedings—then they are teaching students to nurture a kind of hypersensitivity that will lead them into countless drawn-out conflicts in college and beyond.
2015, The Atlantic, G. Lukianoff, J. Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hypersensitivities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
electromagnetic hypersensitivity · sensory hypersensitivity · pseudohypersensitivity · antihypersensitivity · type 1 hypersensitivity · electrohypersensitivity · hypersensitivity pneumonitis · human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity
Relateds
Translations (15)
it ipersensibilità (heightened immune response to an antigen) · ga hipiríogaireacht (heightened immune response to an antigen) · pt hipersensibilidade (heightened immune response to an antigen) · fr hypersensibilité (heightened immune response to an antigen) · ro hipersensibilitate (heightened immune response to an antigen) · sv överkänslighet (heightened immune response to an antigen) · cmn 過敏症 /过敏症 (heightened immune response to an antigen) · ru гиперчувстви́тельность (heightened immune response to an antigen) · de Überempfindlichkeit (heightened immune response to an antigen) · ca hipersensibilitat (heightened immune response to an antigen) · ko 과민성 (heightened immune response to an antigen) · es hipersensibilidad (heightened immune response to an antigen) · gl hipersensibilidade (heightened immune response to an antigen) · cs přecitlivělost (heightened immune response to an antigen) · ja 過敏症 (heightened immune response to an antigen)