1. (countable,uncountable, often in theplural)Emotions orfeelingsarising from orrelating toaesthetic ormoralstandards, especially those which aresensitive and thuslikely to behurt oroffended.
2. (uncountable) Theability tofeel,perceive, orsense;responsiveness tosensorystimuli;sensitivity; also, thedegree to which someone or something (especially a sensoryorgan ortissue) isable torespond to sensory stimuli.
3. (uncountable) Thequality of beingeasilyaffected byexternalforces or stimuli; also, of ameasuringinstrument: the quality of being able todetectsmallchanges in theenvironment.
4. (uncountable)Keen sensitivity tomatters ofcreativeexpression orfeeling;artistic oremotionalawareness.
   1. (specifically,archaic)Affected orexcessive artistic or emotional awareness; thefact or quality of beingoveremotional;overemotionality.
5. (uncountable,archaic)
   1. Awareness; also,understanding.
   2. Thecapacity of something to beperceived by the senses;perceptibility.
   3. (botany) Of aplant or one of itsparts: the ability tomove inresponse to a stimulus.
6. (uncountable,philosophy) The ability to perceive or senseas opposed to the ability tounderstand; also, in thephilosophy of theGermanphilosopherImmanuel Kant (1724–1804):emotion or feeling as opposed to thewill.
7. (countable,obsolete)
   1. An emotionalsense or understanding of something.
   2. Asign ortoken ofappreciation orgratitude.

The English novelistJane Austen was born on this day 250 years ago in 1775. Her firstnovel,Sense and Sensibility, was published in 1811.

1. belonging to the period after theRomanian Revolution; belonging topostcommunist Romania