oversensitivity en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English sensitivity English oversensitivity From over- + sensitivity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being excessively sensitive.
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.
2009 January 11, Barbara Ellen, “Barbara Ellen: Rachida - this was an act of weakness, not strength”, in The Observer:Near-synonym: hypersensitivity
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| oversensitivities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
oversensitiveness · hypersensitivity
Translations (5)
nb overfølsomhet (oversensitivity) · cs přecitlivělost (oversensitivity) · da overfølsomhed (oversensitivity) · sv överkänslighet (oversensitivity) · sk precitlivenosť (oversensitivity)