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sentience
[ sen-shuhns ]
/ ĖsÉn ŹÉns /
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noun
sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
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Sometimes senĀ·tienĀ·cy .
Origin of sentience
First recorded in 1830ā40; senti(ent) + -ence
OTHER WORDS FROM sentience
nonĀ·senĀ·tience, nounnonĀ·senĀ·tienĀ·cy, nounWords nearby sentience
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British Dictionary definitions for sentience
sentience
sentiency
/ (ĖsÉnŹÉns) /
noun
the state or quality of being sentient; awareness
sense perception not involving intelligence or mental perception; feeling
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