Oversensitivity

noun

noun ·7 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being excessively sensitive. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: hypersensitivity"

Synonyms

All synonyms
hairsplittinghypersensitivityhypersensitivityoversensitivenesssensitivity

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From over- + sensitivity.

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