sensitives

Definition of sensitivesnext
plural of sensitive
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Noun
  • Terazawa is working on her second novel, Curse Him, a surreal and tense autofiction accounting for three summer months of being scammed by psychics in a small Appalachian town.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • For generations, people have turned to psychics, astrology charts or tarot cards for reassurance.
    Ziv Epstein, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Disappointed with mainstream health care, Mihich sought help from energy healers, spiritualists, and other alternative-medicine practitioners and entrepreneurs, who regularly supported her aversion to psychiatric medications, according to Sarah and Torina.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There was a big movement at the time — because so many people were killed in the Civil War, and so many women were losing children — of spiritualists, who were almost all women, who would speak to the dead.
    Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Sensitives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensitives. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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