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Noun

hypersensitivity ‎(plural hypersensitivities)

1. any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy
2. 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.

Derived terms

• hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Related terms

• hypersensitive

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