English Explanatory Dictionary

sentience

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
  2. Misspelling of sentence

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛn.ʃəns/ /ˈsɛn.ʃi.əns/ /ˈsɛn.ti.əns/ en-us-sentience.ogg en-us-sentience-2.ogg en-au-sentience.ogg

Word forms

sentience sentiences

Etymology

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

Related words

pansentience pseudosentience pseudosentient sensemaking sentiency sentient

Derived words

hypersentience insentience nonsentience omnisentience presentience
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