🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

संवेदनशीलता

Pronunciation / Transliteration: samvedansheelta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vulnerability/ˌvʌl.nər.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"हर इंसान में कुछ न कुछ संवेदनशीलता होती है।"

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As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

    "She showed great courage by exposing her vulnerability to the team."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin vulnerabilis, meaning 'wounding' or 'able to be wounded', from Latin vulnus meaning 'a wound'. Entering the English language in the mid-17th century, it initially retained its literal physical sense before evolving metaphorically to describe susceptibility to emotional or psychological hurt, closely mirroring the Hindi idiomatic concept of touching a sensitive nerve ('dukhtee rag par haath rakhna').

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