Sentience Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ence

Sentience has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

"the crash intruded on his awareness"

awareness sentience

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"

sense sensation sentience sentiency sensory faculty

the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

"gave sentience to slugs and newts"

sentience

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

Example Sentences

"the crash intruded on his awareness" noun

"in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing" noun

"gave sentience to slugs and newts" noun