Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sentience"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sentience \Sen"ti*ence\, Sentiency \Sen"ti*en*cy\, n. [See
{Sentient}, {Sentence}.]
The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or
state of having sensation. --G. H. Lewes
An example of harmonious action between the
intelligence and the sentieny of the mind. --Earle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sentience
n 1: state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the
crash intruded on his awareness" [syn: {awareness}]
2: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
[syn: {sense}, {sensation}, {sentiency}, {sensory faculty}]
3: the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or
undifferentiated consciousness: "gave sentience to slugs
and newts"- Richard Eberhart [ant: {insentience}]
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