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Meaning of oversensitivity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The state or quality of being excessively sensitive.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonym: hypersensitivity”
“While this must be hard on Kate and Gerry McCann, it is also a sign that their campaign was extraordinarily successful, so successful that a culture of oversensitivity has long swirled in the slipstream.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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