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sen·si·tive

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v) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses.
Responsive to external conditions or stimulation.
Susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others.
Quick to take offense; touchy.
Easily irritated: sensitive skin.
Readily altered by the action of an agent: film that is sensitive to light.
Registering very slight differences or changes of condition. Used of an instrument.
Fluctuating or tending to fluctuate, as in price: sensitive stocks.
Of or relating to classified information: sensitive defense data; holds a sensitive position in the State Department.

NOUN:

A sensitive person.
One held to be endowed with psychic or occult powers.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French sensitif, from Medieval Latin snsitvus, from Latin snsus, sense ; see sense

OTHER FORMS:
sensi·tive·ly(Adverb), sensi·tive·ness(Noun)

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