Insentience — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnsˈɛnʃəns/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnsˈɛnʃəns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnsˈɛnʃəns/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪnsˈɛnʃəns/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

sentience

Word Forms

insentient

adjective

devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unwissenheit

mangelndes Bewusstsein oder mangelnde Fähigkeit, Empfindungen wahrzunehmen

🇫🇷French

insensibilité

manque de conscience ou de capacité à percevoir les sensations

🇪🇸Spanish

insensibilidad

Falta de conciencia o capacidad para percibir sensaciones.

🇮🇹Italian

insensibilità

mancanza di coscienza o capacità di percepire le sensazioni

🇳🇱Dutch

onverschilligheid

zonder bewustzijn of vermogen om sensaties waar te nemen

🇵🇹Portuguese

insensibilidade

falta de consciência ou capacidade de perceber sensações

🇷🇺Russian

несознательность

отсутствие сознания или способности воспринимать ощущения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

असंवेदनशीलता

चेतना या संवेदनाओं को समझने की क्षमता का अभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

অন্তর্নিহিততা

চেতনা বা সংবেদন উপলব্ধি করার ক্ষমতার অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

உணர்ச்சியின்மை

உணர்வு அல்லது உணர்வுகளை உணரும் திறன் இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

తెలివితక్కువతనం

స్పృహ లేకపోవడం లేదా సంచలనాలను గ్రహించే సామర్థ్యం

🇮🇳Marathi

अंतर्ज्ञान

जाणीव किंवा संवेदना जाणण्याची क्षमता नसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંવેદના

સભાનતા અથવા સંવેદનાઓને સમજવાની ક્ષમતાનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾಶೂನ್ಯತೆ

ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂವೇದನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಗ್ರಹಿಸುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯದ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിർവികാരത

ബോധമോ സംവേദനങ്ങൾ മനസ്സിലാക്കാനുള്ള കഴിവോ ഇല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੂਝ

ਚੇਤਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਸੰਵੇਦਨਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਝਣ ਦੀ ਯੋਗਤਾ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے حسی

شعور یا احساس کو سمجھنے کی صلاحیت کا فقدان

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

麻木不仁

缺乏意识或感知感觉的能力

🇯🇵Japanese

無感覚

意識または感覚を知覚する能力が欠如している

🇰🇷Korean

무감각

의식이 부족하거나 감각을 인식하는 능력이 부족합니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự vô cảm

thiếu ý thức hoặc khả năng nhận thức cảm giác

🇹🇭Thai

ความไม่รู้สึกตัว

ขาดสติหรือความสามารถในการรับรู้ความรู้สึก

🇮🇩Indonesian

ketidakberdayaan

kurang kesadaran atau kemampuan untuk merasakan sensasi

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalan ng pakiramdam

kulang sa kamalayan o kakayahang madama ang mga sensasyon

🇲🇾Malay

insentif

kurang kesedaran atau keupayaan untuk merasakan sensasi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

اللامبالاة

فقدان الوعي أو القدرة على إدراك الأحاسيس

🇮🇷Persian

بی احساسی

فقدان هوشیاری یا توانایی درک احساسات

🇹🇷Turkish

duyarsızlık

bilinç eksikliği veya duyuları algılama yeteneği

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוסר שכל

חוסר הכרה או יכולת לתפוס תחושות

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The primary meaning of 'insentience' is 'lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations'.

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