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sentience |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sentience \Sen"ti*ence\, Sentiency \Sen"ti*en*cy\, n. [See {Sentient}, {Sentence}.] The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. --G. H. Lewes An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentieny of the mind. --Earle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sentience n 1: state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness" [syn: {awareness}] 2: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended [syn: {sense}, {sensation}, {sentiency}, {sensory faculty}] 3: the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness: "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart [ant: {insentience}]
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