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sentience

[ sen-shuh ns ]
/ ˈsɛn ʃəns /
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noun

sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.

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RELATED WORDS

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Nearby words

  1. sentential function,
  2. sententially,
  3. sententious,
  4. sententiously,
  5. senti,
  6. sentient,
  7. sentiently,
  8. sentiment,
  9. sentimental,
  10. sentimental value
Sometimes sen·tien·cy.

Origin of sentience

First recorded in 1830–40; senti(ent) + -ence
Related formsnon·sen·tience, nounnon·sen·tien·cy, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for sentience

sentience

sentiency

/ (ˈsɛnʃəns) /

noun

the state or quality of being sentient; awareness
sense perception not involving intelligence or mental perception; feeling
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for sentience

sentience

n.

1817, "faculty of sense; feeling, consciousness;" see sentient + -ence. Related: Sentiency (1796).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper