hypersensitivity

Questions about hypersensitivity

What does hypersensitivity mean?

hypersensitivity means "pathological sensitivity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hypersensitivity?

hypersensitivity has 7 syllables: hy-per-sen-si-tiv-i-ty. The stress falls on "sen". In IPA it is /ˌhaɪpɚˈsɛnsɪˌtɪvɪˌti/.

Is hypersensitivity a common word?

hypersensitivity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hypersensitivity?

66 words rhyme with hypersensitivity. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.