Associations to the word «Sentience»
Noun
Adverb
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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
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