Prickliness in a sentence as a noun

A sharp sensation, followed by a burning and prickliness.

Context is key here as it would be unfair to conflate the general 'prickliness' of many engineers with misogyny.

Sure, Linus's prickliness may actually be a benefit given his singular position, but it's just that -- singular.

In the article they talk about many factors that a mechanical sorter will have no ability to account for, color, prickliness, curvature.

Prickliness definitions

noun

the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

See also: bristliness spininess thorniness