SENTIENCE

sentience

(noun) the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; “gave sentience to slugs and newts”- Richard Eberhart

sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”

awareness, sentience

(noun) state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; “the crash intruded on his awareness”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sentience (usually uncountable, plural sentiences)

The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.

Anagrams

• enceintes

Source: Wiktionary


Sen"ti*ence, Sen"ti*en*cy, n. Etym: [See Sentient, Sentence.]

Definition: The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. G. H. Lewes An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentieny of the mind. Earle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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