heightened sensitivity

collocation in English

meaningsofheightenandsensitivity

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heighten
verb[I or T]
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/ˈhaɪ.tən/us
/ˈhaɪ.t̬ən/
to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion ...
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sensitivity
noun
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/ˌsen.sɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ˌsen.səˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful and kind ...
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(Definition ofheightenandsensitivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This interpretation is consistent with the hypothesis ofheightenedsensitivityto emotional cues.
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More specifically, is adolescence a period ofheightenedsensitivityto stress?
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Thisheightenedsensitivityto light mechanical touch is referred to as allodynia.
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In effect, the teenage years appear to be a period of relativelyheightenedsensitivityto symbolic displays of self.
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The child may also developheightenedsensitivityto others and may not develop skills to tolerate distress in general.
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To the extent that authoritarian propensities exist among people, threats mobilize authoritarianism, which in turn feeds back toheightenedsensitivityto threat, resulting in intolerance and prejudice.
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Opioids also can causeheightenedsensitivityto headache pain.
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It was a stark contrast with his ownheightenedsensitivity.
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Conversely, there is sometimes a locallyheightenedsensitivityor hyperaesthesia.
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The navel is an erogenous zone with aheightenedsensitivity.
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After the performance, she said, people reported aheightenedsensitivity.
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Exposure to mold may also causeheightenedsensitivitydepending on the time and nature of exposure.
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Suffering from tuberculosis was thought to bestow upon the suffererheightenedsensitivity.
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The navel is one of the many erogenous zones that hasheightenedsensitivity.
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It is hard to understand the mentality of people who do that at any time, let alone during a fire strike at a time ofheightenedsensitivity.
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At high frequencies, the ruff plays a role in reflecting sound forheightenedsensitivityto vertical elevation.
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The disorder is characterized byheightenedsensitivityto emotion, increased emotional in-tensity and a slow return to emotional baseline.
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For most toxicants examined to date, the developing immune system exhibits aheightenedsensitivitycompared with that of an adult.
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Heightenedsensitivityof neurological response systems leading to arterial hypertension is also possible, but has not been examined.
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Neurons become unusually sensitive and develop spontaneous pathological activity, abnormal excitability, andheightenedsensitivityto chemical, thermal and mechanical stimuli.
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One of the consequences of the increasingly integrated state of the world economy, and especially of financial markets, has been aheightenedsensitivityto percieved problems and discordance in policies.
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I certainly agree with his point about theheightenedsensitivityin world financial markets to perceived problems and the comparatively sluggish response of real markets to the same forces.
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This method of learning is intended to create aheightenedsensitivity, augmenting the awareness of body language and openings when attacking or defending.
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For a few seconds after the cessation of the scratch, the neural networks involved in the generation of the scratch reflex remain in a state ofheightenedsensitivity.
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It is thought that thisheightenedsensitivityto negative feelings towards the ingroup is a result of underlying doubts about the greatness of the ingroup held by its members.
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