sensibilities
Delicate aesthetic tastes
Sensibilities are the feelings, tastes, and moral values that shape how someone responds to the world.
The word often appears when those feelings might be offended or shocked: The graphic violence may offend some sensibilities.
It can also refer to refined aesthetic awareness: Her artistic sensibilities shaped every design choice.
Unlike sensitivity, which suggests being easily affected, sensibilities implies a particular worldview or set of standards that can be violated.
Flavor perception ability
- refinementElegance of manner
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
cultivation · appreciation · style · grace · finesse · polish · aesthetics · connoisseurship
Emotional responses experienced internally
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
thin-skinned · touchiness · fragility · impressionability · sentimentality · soft-heartedness · responsiveness · affectability
Principles held worthwhile
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
- moresBinding social standards
norms · ethos · worldview · morality · principles · standards · ethics · propriety
State of sentient awareness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- cognizanceState of knowing something
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
awakening · realization · recognition · perceptiveness · acuity · vigilance · insight · intuition
Concern for others' distress
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
concern · humanity · warmth · fellow-feeling · solidarity · benevolence · caring · tolerance
taste
Flavor perception ability
- refinementElegance of manner
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
discernment · cultivation · appreciation · style · grace · finesse · polish · aesthetics · connoisseurship · discriminating
feelings
Emotional responses experienced internally
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
susceptibility · thin-skinned · touchiness · fragility · impressionability · sentimentality · soft-heartedness · responsiveness · affectability · rawness
values
Principles held worthwhile
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
mores · norms · ethos · worldview · morality · principles · standards · ethics · propriety · decorum
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- cognizanceState of knowing something
- alertnessActive mental awareness
attunement · awakening · realization · recognition · perceptiveness · acuity · vigilance · insight · intuition · discernment
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
consideration · concern · humanity · warmth · fellow-feeling · solidarity · benevolence · caring · tolerance · thoughtfulness
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Immunity to criticism
insensitivity · callousness · numbness · imperviousness · hardness
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Rough or vulgar quality
crudeness · vulgarity · boorishness · philistinism · crassness
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Immunity to criticism
toughness · resilience · hardiness · imperviousness · emotional armor
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