oversensitivity

plural oversensitivities

1. countableuncountableThe state or quality of being excessively sensitive.

   Near-synonym: hypersensitivity

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   While this must be hard on Kate and Gerry McCann, it is also a sign that their campaign was extraordinarily successful, so successful that a culture of oversensitivity has long swirled in the slipstream.

   2009 January 11, Barbara Ellen, “Barbara Ellen: Rachida - this was an act of weakness, not strength”, in The Observer

   Synonyms: oversensitiveness, hypersensitivity