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sensibility

noun

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The capacity to perceive or respond to feelings, impressions, or artistic qualities.

The essay reveals a sensibility attentive to small details of ordinary life.

Dictionary practice example.

The photographer's sensibility showed in her attention to the emotional weight of small details, such as a carefully folded coat left on an empty chair.

From An Atmosphere Without an Explanation.

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