Associations to the word «Sentience»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SENTIENCE, noun. State of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness".
SENTIENCE, noun. 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".
SENTIENCE, noun. The readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart.

Wise words

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Noam Chomsky