hypersensitivity
English
Etymology
Noun
hypersensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural hypersensitivities)
- Any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy.
- The state of being easily offended or hurt.
- 2015, The Atlantic, G. Lukianoff and J. Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind:
- If our universities are teaching students that their emotions can be used effectively as weapons—or at least as evidence in administrative proceedings—then they are teaching students to nurture a kind of hypersensitivity that will lead them into countless drawn-out conflicts in college and beyond.
- 2015, The Atlantic, G. Lukianoff and J. Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind:
Derived terms
- hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- sensory hypersensitivity
Related terms
Translations
heightened immune response to an antigen
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Further reading
hypersensitivity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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