sensibilities

Variant of sensibility

sensibility definition

sen·sibil·ity (sen′sə bil′ə tē)

noun pl. sensibilities -·ties

  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.

Etymology: ME < MFr < LL sensibilitas < L sensibilis: see sensible

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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