"sentience" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛn.ʃəns/, /ˈsɛn.ʃi.əns/, /ˈsɛn.ti.əns/ Audio: en-us-sentience.ogg [US], en-us-sentience-2.ogg [US], en-au-sentience.ogg [Australia] Forms: sentiences [plural]
Etymology: From sentient, from Latin sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“feel, sense”). Compare with sentence, its equivalent formation from Classic Latin sententia (for *sentientia). Etymology templates: {{m|en|sentient}} sentient, {{m|la|sentiēns}} sentiēns, {{m|la|sentiō||feel, sense}} sentiō (“feel, sense”), {{m|en|sentence}} sentence, {{m|la|sententia}} sententia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} sentience (usually uncountable, plural sentiences)
  1. The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness. Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: sentiency, sentient, pansentience Coordinate_terms: sapience Translations (state or quality of being sentient): усещане (useštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), conscience [feminine] (French), Empfindungsvermögen [neuter] (German), świadomość [feminine] (Polish), senciência [feminine] (Portuguese), conștiință [feminine] (Romanian), conciencia [feminine] (Spanish), sensibilidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sentience-en-noun-waLUV2fT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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