(n.) The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

acuteness affectivity agitability allergy anaphylaxis appreciation appreciation of differences appreciativeness artistic judgment awareness censoriousness choosiness combustibility compassion concern connoisseurship conscientiousness consciousness considerateness critical niceness criticalness delicacy discriminating taste discriminatingness discrimination discriminativeness edginess emotional instability emotionalism empathy eruptiveness excitability excitableness explosiveness exquisiteness fastidiousness feel feeling fine palate fineness finesse hyperesthesia hyperpathia hypersensitiveness hypersensitivity identification impressionability inflammability intuition irascibility irritability judiciousness kindliness latent violence making distinctions meticulousness nervousness niceness of distinction nicety oversensibility oversensitiveness oversensitivity overtenderness palate particularity particularness passibility perception perceptiveness perceptivity perfectionism perturbability photophobia preciseness precisianism precision prickliness priggishness prudishness punctilio punctiliousness purism puritanism receptiveness receptivity refined discrimination refined palate refinement responsiveness scrupulosity scrupulousness selectiveness selectivity sense sensibility sensitiveness sensitivity sensitization skittishness soreness startlishness strictness subtlety supersensitivity susceptibility susceptivity sympathy tact tactfulness taste temperamentalness tempestuousness tenderness tetchiness thin skin ticklishness touchiness understanding violence warmth