sentience

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
  2. noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
  3. noun the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; - Richard Eberhart

Etymology

From sentient, from Latin sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“feel, sense”). Compare with sentence, its equivalent formation from Classic Latin sententia (for *sentientia).

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Synonyms

awareness

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