Sensibilities

//ˌsɛn(t)sɪˈbɪlɪtiːz// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Capabilities to have emotions; feelings. plural, plural-only

    "Though she gave the impression of fineness she was in reality so determined that any sensibilities she possessed were held in the vice of her will."

  2. 2
    plural of sensibility (“emotions or feelings arising from or relating to aesthetic or moral standards, especially those which are sensitive and thus likely to be hurt or offended; (obsolete) emotional sense or understanding of something; sign or token of appreciation or gratitude”). form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Feelings of gratitude. obsolete, plural, plural-only
  4. 4
    Intuitive reactions; instincts. obsolete, plural, plural-only

Synonyms

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affectionfeelingsensibilitysentimentsympathy

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"Many a gentleman of the old school has been provoked to remark regretfully upon the under-bred manners and bearing of even the better classes in the modern industrial communities; and the decay of the ceremonial code—or as it is otherwise called, the vulgarisation of life—among the industrial classes proper has become one of the chief enormities of latter-day civilisation in the eyes of all persons of delicate sensibilities."

Etymology

From sensibility + -es (suffix forming pluralia tantum; and regular plural forms of nouns).

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