Word

sentience, n.
(sentiences)

the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
<noun.attribute>

sentience

sample sentences

"gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sentient

antonym

insentience

semantic pointers

attribute

sentient, animate insentient, insensate

hypernym

animateness, aliveness, liveness

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16

sensation sense sensory faculty sentience sentiency

sample sentences

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sensuous sensorial sense sense sensify

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sense

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sentient

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sentient

semantic pointers

hypernym

faculty, mental faculty, module

hyponym

modality, sense modality, sensory system sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility

state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

awareness sentience

sample sentences

"the crash intruded on his awareness"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

aware

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sentient

semantic pointers

hypernym

consciousness