oversensitivity

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ sensitivity.

Noun

oversensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural oversensitivities)

1. The state or quality of being excessively sensitive.

   Synonym: oversensitiveness

   Near-synonym: hypersensitivity

   • 2009 January 11, Barbara Ellen, “Barbara Ellen: Rachida - this was an act of weakness, not strength”, in The Observer‎:

     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.

Translations

oversensitivity

Czech: přecitlivělost f Danish: overfølsomhed c Norwegian: Bokmål: overfølsomhet m or f Slovak: precitlivenosť f Swedish: överkänslighet (sv) c