sentience in English dictionary

  • sentience

    Meanings and definitions of "sentience"

    • The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
    • noun
      The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
    • noun
      state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness"
    • 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"
    • noun
      the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart

    Synonyms of "sentience" in English dictionary

    animateness, mental faculty, sensation are the top synonyms of "sentience" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "sentience" in English dictionary

    insentience is the antonym of "sentience" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of sentience

    • sentience ( uncountable)
    • sentience (usually uncountable, plural sentiences)
  • Sentience

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