sensitiveとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus.

発音

• (米国発音, 英国発音) enPR: sĕn'sĭtĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/

形容詞

sensitive (comparative more sensitive, superlative most sensitive)

1. Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition III, section 1, member 2, subsection i:

     The sensitive faculty most part overrules reason, the soul is carried hoodwinked, and the understanding captive like a beast.

2. Responsive to stimuli.
3. (of a person) Easily offended, upset or hurt.

   Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.

4. (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.

   Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.

5. Meant to be concealed or kept secret.

   These are highly sensitive documents.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Citadel:

     Xeltan: I cannot speak more about this problem; it is too sensitive. Suffice it to say, she has compromised my authority as a diplomat.

6. Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy.

   The president's untimely statement disrupted some very sensitive negotiations.

7. (of an instrument) Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
8. (archaic) Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.

同意語

• tender
• nesh
• precise
• compassionate
• caring
• classified
• aware

反意語

• insensitive
• nonsensitive
• resistant
• stoic
• uncaring

下位語

• hypersensitive
• light-sensitive

派生語

関連する語

• sense

名詞

sensitive (複数形 sensitives)

1. A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 72:

     [I]t is quite certain that many of their fears were unfounded, and centred upon perfectly innocent people - especially those who were what we now call "mediumistic" or "sensitives".