sentience

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɛnʃəns/, /ˈsɛnʃi.əns/, /ˈsɛnti.əns/

Noun

sentience (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
   • 1903, Bram Stoker, The Jewel of Seven Stars, ch. 5:

     [T]he shadows . . . presently began to seem, as on last night, to have a sentience of their own.

   • 2007 Dec. 28, Alexandra Silver, "[http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1698987,00.html Did This Tiger Hold a Grudge?]," Time:

     The science of animal sentience is far from a firm one; there's no way of knowing exactly what any animal is feeling.

Related terms

• sentiency
• sentient
• pansentience

Translations

• German: Empfindungsvermögen
• Spanish: conciencia, sensibilidad

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