sensibility

Empfindsamkeit, Feingefühl

Empfindsame Gefühle dafür, was schön, richtig oder annehmbar ist.

In einfachem Englisch: Sensitive feelings about what is beautiful, right, or acceptable.

• The joke offended her sensibilities.
• His artistic sensibility shaped the design of the house.
• The film challenged the audience’s moral sensibilities.

Synonyme: sensitivity, feelings

Häufige Wendungen: offend someone’s sensibility, artistic sensibility, moral sensibility

Empfindungsfähigkeit, Sensibilität

Die Fähigkeit, mit dem Körper etwas zu spüren oder wahrzunehmen.

In einfachem Englisch: The ability to feel things through your body or become aware of them.

• The injury reduced sensibility in her hand.
• The doctor tested his sensibility to touch.
• Physical sensibility returned slowly as the nerves healed.

So benutzt man es: sensibility to something (The test measures sensibility to pain.)

Synonyme: sensitivity

Gegenteile: insensitivity

Häufige Wendungen: sensibility to something, physical sensibility