sentience
pronunciation
How to pronounce sentience in British English:
UK ['senʃəns]
How to pronounce sentience in American English:
US ['senʃəns]
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- Noun:
- state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
Word Origin
- sentience (n.)
- 1817, "faculty of sense; feeling, consciousness;" see sentient + -ence. Related: Sentiency (1796).
Example
- 1. I recognize the sentience of the mice outside and also the sentience of the fox .
- 2. The researchers say that one way to deal with sentience ambiguity is an angry attack .
- 3. When does fetal sentience become anatomically possible ?
- 4. The rough determination of special merit those who are able to sentience the non-visible lights .
- 5. The structure of the machine sentience is fundamentally different from that being developed by the skynet development team .