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• Highly sensitive person — A highly sensitive person (HSP) is a person having the innate trait of high sensitivity (or innate sensitiveness as Carl Gustav Jung originally coined it). According to Elaine N. Aron and colleagues as well as other researchers, highly sensitive… …   Wikipedia

• sensitive — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin sensitivus, probably alteration of sensativus, from sensatus sensate Date: 15th century 1. sensory 2 2. a. receptive to sense impressions b. capable of being… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sensitive — adj. & n. adj. 1 (often foll. by to) very open to or acutely affected by external stimuli or mental impressions; having sensibility. 2 (of a person) easily offended or emotionally hurt. 3 (often foll. by to) (of an instrument etc.) responsive to… …   Useful english dictionary

• sensitive — sensitively, adv. /sen si tiv/, adj. 1. endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses. 2. readily or excessively affected by external agencies or influences. 3. having acute mental or emotional sensibility; aware of and responsive… …   Universalium

• sensitive — sen•si•tive [[t]ˈsɛn sɪ tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses 2) readily or excessively affected by external influences 3) responsive to the feelings of others 4) easily hurt or offended 5) phl Physiol.… …   From formal English to slang

• sensitive — 1. Capable of perceiving sensations. 2. Responding to a stimulus. 3. Acutely perceptive of interpersonal situations. 4. One who is readily hypnotizable. 5. Readily undergoing a chemical change, with but slight change in environmental conditions,… …   Medical dictionary

• sensitive — sensible, sensitive 1. The primary meaning of sensible is ‘having (common) sense’, i.e. the opposite of foolish, and of sensitive ‘easily offended or emotionally hurt’. In these uses they hardly get in each other s way. Where they overlap is in… …   Modern English usage

• sensitive — Requiring special protection from disclosure that could cause embarrassment, compromise, or threat to the security of the sponsoring power. May be applied to an agency, installation, person, position, document, material, or activity …   Military dictionary

• sensitive payment —    a bribe    So described because of its impropriety and probable illegality in the hands of the recipient, if others find out about it. If the person paying the bribe is American, the payment is illegal for him as well …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• sensitive — adjective 1》 quick to detect, respond to, or be affected by slight changes, signals, or influences.     ↘(of photographic materials) responding rapidly to the action of light. 2》 having or showing a quick and delicate appreciation of the feelings …   English new terms dictionary

• sensible - sensitive — ◊ sensible A sensible person makes good decisions and judgements based on reason rather than emotion. She considered they were sufficiently sensible and trustworthy to go into the village. ◊ sensitive Sensitive has two meanings. A sensitive… …   Useful english dictionary