sentience
[ sen-shuh ns ]
/ ˈsɛn ʃəns /
noun
sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
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Nearby words
- sentential function,
- sententially,
- sententious,
- sententiously,
- senti,
- sentient,
- sentiently,
- sentiment,
- sentimental,
- sentimental value
Sometimes sen·tien·cy.
Origin of sentience
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sentience
sentiency
/ (ˈsɛnʃəns) /
noun
the state or quality of being sentient; awareness
sense perception not involving intelligence or mental perception; feeling
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sentience
1817, "faculty of sense; feeling, consciousness;" see sentient + -ence. Related: Sentiency (1796).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper