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Meaning of "touchy-feeliness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOUCHY-FEELINESS

touchy-feeliness  [ˌtʌtʃɪˈfiːlɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOUCHY-FEELINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Touchy-Feeliness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOUCHY-FEELINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of touchy-feeliness in the English dictionary

The definition of touchy-feeliness in the dictionary is the quality of being touchy-feely.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOUCHY-FEELINESS


beggarliness
ˈbeɡəlɪnəs
brotherliness
ˈbrʌðəlɪnəs
burliness
ˈbɜːlɪnəs
cleanliness
ˈklɛnlɪnəs
courtliness
ˈkɔːtlɪnəs
cowardliness
ˈkaʊədlɪnəs
curliness
ˈkɜːlɪnəs
earliness
ˈɜːlɪnəs
earthliness
ˈɜːθlɪnəs
knightliness
ˈnaɪtlɪnəs
likeliness
ˈlaɪklɪnəs
loneliness
ˈləʊnlɪnəs
neighborliness
ˈneɪbəlɪnəs
pearliness
ˈpɜːlɪnəs
porcelainous
ˈpɔːsəlɪnəs
towardliness
ˈtəʊədlɪnəs
uncleanliness
ʌnˈklenlɪnəs
unkindliness
ʌnˈkaɪndlɪnəs
unloveliness
ʌnˈlʌvlɪnəs
unmanliness
ʌnˈmænlɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOUCHY-FEELINESS

toucher
touchhole
touchier
touchiest
touchily
touchiness
touching
touchingly
touchingness
touchless
touchline
touchline ban
touchmark
touchpad
touchpaper
touchstone
touchup
touchwood
touchy
touchy-feely

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOUCHY-FEELINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loveliness
readiness
show business
timeliness
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of touchy-feeliness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «touchy-feeliness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOUCHY-FEELINESS

Find out the translation of touchy-feeliness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of touchy-feeliness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «touchy-feeliness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

敏感, feeliness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

delicado - feeliness
570 millions of speakers

English

touchy-feeliness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भावुक- feeliness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حساس - feeliness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обидчивый - feeliness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

melindroso - feeliness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিমানী-feeliness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

touchy- feeliness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perasaan sensitif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

empfindlich - feeliness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

微妙な、 feeliness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신체 접촉 feeliness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Touchy-feeliness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhạy cảm - feeliness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனதை-தொடும்-feeliness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हळवेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alıngan-feeliness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

permaloso - feeliness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drażliwy - feeliness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

образливий - feeliness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sensibil - feeliness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευαίσθητος - feeliness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liggeraak - feeliness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lättstött - feeliness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ømfintlig- feeliness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of touchy-feeliness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUCHY-FEELINESS»

The term «touchy-feeliness» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.503 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUCHY-FEELINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «touchy-feeliness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «touchy-feeliness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about touchy-feeliness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOUCHY-FEELINESS»

Discover the use of touchy-feeliness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to touchy-feeliness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
This Christmas
... of the touchy in his sudden touchy-feeliness. “Thanks for jumping in. I was having a hard time thinking of anything to say.” “No problem. I've done stuff like that a lot, actually.” I narrowed my eyes at him. “You're a bond trader.
Jane Green, 2009
2
Her Favorite Husband
“Nothing touchy-feely, Sarah. No emotional exercises. I'm not getting in touch with anything.” “Horrible, horrible touchy-feeliness, absolutely not.” “Have you talked to Mike? I don't know if the plane will take another passenger and her gear .
Caron Todd, 2008
3
Tabou Book 2
And with that, Jop pushed Davey's little button, met Herrick in the transept and embraced and kissed him, and then returned to his pew. He avoided the arctic gaze of Granny Kate, who disapproved of anything that smacked of touchy- feeliness.
Suzanne Stroh, 2012
4
Doing IT: Women Working in Information Technology
As her yarn spins out, and I listen to her complain about team building touchy— feeliness in the workplace, I also begin to wonder who had the problem. This was definitely a woman who was made for self—employment. Luckily for her, the ...
Krista Scott-Dixon, 2004
5
28 Business Thinkers Who Changed the World: The Management ...
A few choice morsels from the memos he sent out after retaking the reins bore the company's trademark corporate touchy-feeliness: ○○ 'We are and will be a great , enduring company, known for inspiring and nurturing the human spirit.
Rhymer Rigby, 2011
6
How Ya Like Me Now
Eddie, panicked, said, “Thanks for everything, Aunt Lily,” which wasn't exactly the same as “I love you” but would have to do because Aunt Lily's touchy-feeliness made Eddie really uncomfortable. On the street, Alex said, “We won't go to ...
Brendan Halpin, 2007
7
Fight for Your Long Day: A Novel
He hopes this doesn't mean she requires an audience for all her touchy-feeliness . “So you won't forget now, will you Duffy?” As easy as it is to get lost in her ripe melons during class time, now Duffy has trouble looking anywhere but the floor.
Alex Kudera, 2010
8
Feminism Beside Itself
For me and for others ofmy age, consciousness-raising came wrapped up in hippy touchy-feeliness. Preferring disco to Holly Near, I had my consciousness raised in the dance clubs of the 70s. I do not, however, want to place "my" generation ...
Diane Elam, 2013
9
Toxic Politics: The Secret History of the Kremlin's Poison ...
Lenin accused her of displaying "the despicable touchy-feeliness of the intelligentsia" for not killing enough people! In the Crimea, there was Rosalia Zemlyachka and the Hungarian international Communist Béla Kun. In the course of two ...
Paul McGregor, 2011
10
White Beech: The Rainforest Years
There is no room for touchy-feeliness in the forest. You'd reckon that such offensiveness in a plant would be principally a protection against being eaten, but in fact Dendrocnide excelsa is the worst victim of herbivory in the whole forest  ...
Germaine Greer, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOUCHY-FEELINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term touchy-feeliness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Theatre review: The Driver's Seat at Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
... music section, an ever-prevailing misogyny drives every predatory male Lise brushes up against, as they take advantage of the era's touchy-feeliness even as ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
2
A social psychologist explains how to appear nice without 'playing …
Traits like courageous, fair, principled, responsible, honest, and loyal — ones that lack the touchy-feeliness we generally associate with “warmth” — convey ... «Business Insider, Apr 15»
3
Can Grace Helbig Figure Out TV?
That shows her acumen, figuring how to fuse the television anonymity to YouTube touchy-feeliness. That Twitter conversation is akin to the comments section of ... «MediaPost Communications, Jan 15»
4
The Voice UK, BBC One, review: 'too touchy feely'
The coaches (note the touchy-feeliness of that word) told several of the rejected wannabes in this first episode that they were sorry that they hadn't spun their ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
5
On mindfulness
... I associated it with all sorts of things to which I'm instinctively averse — New Agey touchy-feeliness, incense, chakras, dreamcatchers, smarmy Baby Boomers, ... «Grist, Sep 14»
6
Threshold: Windows for the Neanderthal set
In fact, by the time Microsoft is done gutting all of the default touchy-feeliness from Windows 8.x's successor, the product will be nearly indistinguishable from ... «BetaNews, Aug 14»
7
Don't Let Your Head Attack Your Heart
Are you rolling your eyes at the touchy-feeliness of them or do they excite you? Would the answers you shared be superficial or deep? I was excited and nervous ... «blogs.hbr.org, Jul 14»
8
George Will and the Latest in Rape-Denialism
Perry's survey does not serve Will long; the columnist's central truck is with the academy's perceived touchy-feeliness, when of course he's the one dismissing ... «Pacific Standard, Jun 14»
9
'North Dakota nice' pushes boundaries
I have a problem with this touchy-feeliness. Before you go dismissing me as a curmudgeon who doesn't like people — an accusation I wouldn't necessarily fight ... «UND The Dakota Student, Jan 14»
10
Seahawks look to feed off Marshawn Lynch
... said Wednesday. But all that seeming touchy-feeliness belies a basic truth of Seahawks football: It's predicated on pure, old-school, bad-ass toughness. «The Seattle Times, Jan 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Touchy-Feeliness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/touchy-feeliness>. May 2024 ».
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