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Meaning of 'sentience' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sentience [ n.]
- Alt. of Sentiency

Meaning of 'sentience' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sentience [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
Example in sentence:
  • gave sentience to slugs and newts
Meaning (2):
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
Example in sentence:
  • in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
Meaning (3):
- state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
Example in sentence:
  • the crash intruded on his awareness

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