Hypersensitivity
noun
Condition when your body's response to something is too strong, causing discomfort or illness.
Amy's hypersensitivity to peanuts caused her to have an allergic reaction.
Often appears as...
- hypersensitivity reaction
- hypersensitivity syndrome
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Technical
noun
Being overly sensitive or reactive emotionally.
John's hypersensitivity to criticism caused him to react strongly to any negative feedback.
Often appears as...
- hypersensitivity to rejection
- hypersensitivity to criticism
noun
Condition when your body's response to something is too strong, causing discomfort or illness.
Amy's hypersensitivity to peanuts caused her to have an allergic reaction.
Often appears as...
- hypersensitivity reaction
- hypersensitivity syndrome
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Being overly sensitive or reactive emotionally.
John's hypersensitivity to criticism caused him to react strongly to any negative feedback.
Often appears as...
- hypersensitivity to rejection
- hypersensitivity to criticism
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Precision
Used in health contexts to describe unusually strong physical reactions to substances or stimuli.
After the test, the doctor confirmed Mark's skin hypersensitivity to latex.
Pro Tip 2/3Identifying Triggers
Helps pinpoint specific substances or conditions that provoke a severe response.
My hypersensitivity to dust mites requires me to clean frequently.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Allergies
While often linked to allergies, it can refer to non-allergic responses as well.
Her hypersensitivity to strong light isn't an allergy, it's a migraine trigger.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Precision
Used in health contexts to describe unusually strong physical reactions to substances or stimuli.
After the test, the doctor confirmed Mark's skin hypersensitivity to latex.
Pro Tip 2/3Identifying Triggers
Helps pinpoint specific substances or conditions that provoke a severe response.
My hypersensitivity to dust mites requires me to clean frequently.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Allergies
While often linked to allergies, it can refer to non-allergic responses as well.
Her hypersensitivity to strong light isn't an allergy, it's a migraine trigger.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Precision
Used in health contexts to describe unusually strong physical reactions to substances or stimuli.
After the test, the doctor confirmed Mark's skin hypersensitivity to latex.
Pro Tip 2/3Identifying Triggers
Helps pinpoint specific substances or conditions that provoke a severe response.
My hypersensitivity to dust mites requires me to clean frequently.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Allergies
While often linked to allergies, it can refer to non-allergic responses as well.
Her hypersensitivity to strong light isn't an allergy, it's a migraine trigger.
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How isolation fuels...
is completely, completely over the top. And in this state of hypersensitivity, our brains signal deep dissatisfaction. We become restless, irritable and impulsive.
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How isolation fuels...
is completely, completely over the top. And in this state of hypersensitivity, our brains signal deep dissatisfaction. We become restless, irritable and impulsive.
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Quote examples
Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs.
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Baruj Benacerraf
Venezuelan Scientist
My interest was directed, from my medical student days, to Immunology, and particularly to the mechanism of hypersensitivity. I had suffered from bronchial asthma as a child and had developed a deep curiosity in allergic phenomena.
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Paddy Considine
English Actor
I live in a state of hypersensitivity, and I've always had this feeling that something bad is going to happen to myself, or my wife and children. This manifests itself in different fears and visions.
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Bob Odenkirk
American Actor
I'm hypersensitive to negativity and duplicity, and I want to push it away by writing comedy. Maybe that hypersensitivity comes across and allows me to play dastardly, multi-layered people.
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Cornel West
American Educator
Black prophetic fire is the hypersensitivity to the suffering of others that generates a righteous indignation that results in the willingness to live and die for freedom.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
I'm quite a softy, yes. I have a blank spot with respect to visual art, but I have perhaps a compensating hypersensitivity to poetry and music.
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Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
Hypersensitivity has become a weapon.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs.
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Baruj Benacerraf
Venezuelan Scientist
My interest was directed, from my medical student days, to Immunology, and particularly to the mechanism of hypersensitivity. I had suffered from bronchial asthma as a child and had developed a deep curiosity in allergic phenomena.
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Paddy Considine
English Actor
I live in a state of hypersensitivity, and I've always had this feeling that something bad is going to happen to myself, or my wife and children. This manifests itself in different fears and visions.
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Bob Odenkirk
American Actor
I'm hypersensitive to negativity and duplicity, and I want to push it away by writing comedy. Maybe that hypersensitivity comes across and allows me to play dastardly, multi-layered people.
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Cornel West
American Educator
Black prophetic fire is the hypersensitivity to the suffering of others that generates a righteous indignation that results in the willingness to live and die for freedom.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
I'm quite a softy, yes. I have a blank spot with respect to visual art, but I have perhaps a compensating hypersensitivity to poetry and music.
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Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
Hypersensitivity has become a weapon.
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