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sensibilities

Variant of sensibility

noun pl. sensibilities

  1. the capacity for physical sensation; power of responding to stimuli; ability to feel
    1. the capacity for being affected emotionally or intellectually, whether pleasantly or unpleasantly; receptiveness to impression
    2. the capacity to respond perceptively to intellectual, moral, or aesthetic values; delicate, sensitive awareness or responsiveness
    3. liability to be offended, repelled, etc.

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