ευαισθησία

Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐαισθησία (euaisthēsía) with semantic loan from French sensibilité.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.ve.sθiˈsi.a/
  • Hyphenation: ευ‧αι‧σθη‧σί‧α

Noun

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ευαισθησία (evaisthisíaf (plural ευαισθησίες)

  1. sensitivity, sensitiveness
  2. sensibility
    Λογική και ευαισθησία (Jane Austen novel)
    Logikí kai evaisthisía
    Sense and Sensibility

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References

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  1. ^ ευαισθησία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language