offensensitivity

noun

Inappropriately high sensitivity to perceived offense.

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Meanings

nounoffensensitivity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableInappropriately high sensitivity to perceived offense.

    2006: LNER, "FBOWF Jan 19" (2006-01-26) rec.arts.comics.strips <1138313162.700569.181050@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.comics.strips/SJgXB5Hd1ps/cRkBXfzQsucJ Now how about we all turn down the damned offensensitivity settings, folks?

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    (Several characters) My gosh...life is offensive!! Aaaiggh!! (Opus the penguin) Offensensitivity.

    1982 November 14, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County

    The contents, ideas, methods, thought patterns and anything else in here including the notion of offensensitivity about this source are not in any way related to Oregon State University or any of its employees, the Oregon State System of Higher Education, or anyone else you care to hassle.

    1994: Tony Abbott (ed.), Internet World's on Internet (Mecklermedia, 1994), p.362

    2001: Mary Malmros, "MA Medical Insurance without an employer?" (2001-06-19) ne.general <58IX6.1648$iH6.171595@news.shore.net> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ne.general/8-x8Za9kd3o/MCJFTx8l9XEJ IMO, he didn't insult you at all, despite your volumes of "j'accuse!". It sounds like you're suffering from offensensitivity.

    2009: Firelock, "Alternative Jewish Stereotypes" (2009-05-20) soc.history.what-if <3813670e-fc00-4035-ad77-75e86e41c12c@g19g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/soc.history.what-if/Eaq-sBJjd1E/u6d77jBcc1EJ Dude, crank down the offensensitivity a notch or two.

Origin

Blend of offense + sensitivity, coined by Berkeley Breathed

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APA

offensensitivity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offensensitivity

MLA

“offensensitivity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offensensitivity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “offensensitivity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/offensensitivity.

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