Meaning

1 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.

    Empfindungsvermögen

    state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Autocomplete isn't about to gain sentience.

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  2. If you are like a futurologist, maybe read the document "The Ghost of Transhumanism and the Sentience of Existence."

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Translations

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By meaning 1
state or quality of being sentient:

Origin

From sentient, from Latin sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“feel, sense”). Compare

From sentient, from Latin sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“feel, sense”). Compare with sentence, its equivalent formation from Classic Latin sententia (for *sentientia).

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Forms

plural: sentiences
Singularsentience

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness:awareness
  • the faculty through which the external world is apprehended:sensesensationsentiencysensory faculty

Antonyms

1 antonyms
insentience

Word family

11 related words
RelatedsentientC1pansentiencepseudosentiencepseudosentientsensemakingsentiency
Derivedhypersentienceinsentiencenonsentienceomnisentiencepresentience

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sensorysensualsentenceA1sentientC1sentimentC1sentimentalC1

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