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sen·tience
/
ˈsɛn
ʃəns
/
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[
sen
-sh
uh
ns
]
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noun
sentient
condition or character; capacity for
sensation
or feeling.
Also,
sen·tien·cy.
Origin:
1830–40;
senti(ent)
+
-ence
Related forms
non·sen·tience,
noun
non·sen·tien·cy,
noun
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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His body was bruised and bloated, his mind losing its
sentience
.
Now the growing appreciation of whale intelligence and
sentience
has added an ethical dimension to the issue.
Sentience
seems to be an interesting experiment, but leads to behaviors in the species that are averse to long-term survival.
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His body was bruised and bloated, his mind losing its
sentience
.
Now the growing appreciation of whale intelligence and
sentience
has added an ethical dimension to the issue.
Sentience
seems to be an interesting experiment, but leads to behaviors in the species that are averse to long-term survival.
But even if full-blown
sentience
was a silly idea, research on plant communication gathered.
It also makes clear that
sentience
is mortal, there is no afterlife where dinosaurs still roam.
They have gotten so good at this imitation of
sentience
that they can often actually appear intelligent.
But since nothing of the ocean resembles human biochemistry, never mind psychology, its
sentience
is hard to establish.
We should draw distinctions based on levels of intelligence, emotional development, and
sentience
.
It obviously takes some experience of living for
sentience
to develop after birth.
If delivered by some dangerous procedure, they may be vegetables with no sign of
sentience
.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
sentience
or
sentiency
(ˈsɛnʃəns)
—
n
1.
the state or quality of being sentient; awareness
2.
sense perception not involving intelligence or mental perception; feeling
sentiency
or
sentiency
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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