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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessensibilité
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sã.si.bi.li.te
"Sa sensibilité artistique se reflète dans toutes ses peintures."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The ability to appreciate, respond to, or be acutely sensitive to complex emotional, aesthetic, or intellectual stimuli.
"Her refined artistic sensibility allowed her to capture the subtle nuances of the landscape." - 2
A particular set of attitudes, beliefs, and emotional responses shared by a group or characteristic of a specific era.
"The modern urban sensibility often values minimalism and digital connectedness."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin sensibilitas, stemming from Latin sensibilis meaning perceptible by the senses. Entering Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, the term originally denoted the capacity for physical sensation before evolving during the 18th-century Enlightenment to signify emotional refinement, susceptibility to deep feeling, and aesthetic appreciation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sensibility" is said worldwide
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sensibilité
Transliteration: sã.si.bi.li.te
"Sa sensibilité artistique se reflète dans toutes ses peintures."
Sensibilität
Transliteration: zɛnzi.bi.liˈtɛːt
"Er reagierte mit großer Sensibilität auf die Kritik."
sensibilità
Transliteration: sen.si.bi.liˈta
"La sua sensibilità musicale è straordinaria."
sensibilidad
Transliteration: sen.si.βi.liˈðað
"El poeta escribe con gran sensibilidad y profundidad."
sensibilidade
Transliteration: sẽ.si.bi.liˈda.dʒi
"A sua sensibilidade para com os outros é notável."
संवेदनशीलता
Transliteration: samvedanshilta
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसकी कला में एक गहरी संवेदनशीलता झलकती है।"
敏感性
Transliteration: mǐngǎn xìng
Script: 中文汉字
"这部电影完美地捕捉了当代青年的文化敏感性。"
감수성
Transliteration: gamsuseong
Script: 한국어 한글
"그녀는 풍부한 예술적 감수성을 가지고 있다."
感受性
Transliteration: kansokusei
Script: 日本語
"彼の繊細な感受性が作品によく表れている。"
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