Sentience — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛnʃəns/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛnʃəns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛnʃəns/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈɛnʃəns/.

Examples

the crash intruded on his awareness
in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
gave sentience to slugs and newts

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sense awareness sentiency sensory faculty sensation

Antonyms

insentience

Parts of Speech

noun	state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness “the crash intruded on his awareness”
noun	the faculty through which the external world is apprehended “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
noun	the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; - Richard Eberhart “gave sentience to slugs and newts”

Word Forms

aware	adjective	bearing in mind; attentive to
sentient	adjective	endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; - T.E.Lawrence
sensorial	adjective	involving or derived from the senses
sensuous	adjective	taking delight in beauty
sense	verb	detect some circumstance or entity automatically
sensify	verb	make sensitive or aware

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Empfindungsvermögen

Zustand des elementaren oder undifferenzierten Bewusstseins

🇫🇷French

sensibilité

état de conscience élémentaire ou indifférenciée

🇪🇸Spanish

sensibilidad

estado de conciencia elemental o indiferenciada

🇮🇹Italian

sensibilità

stato di coscienza elementare o indifferenziata

🇳🇱Dutch

gevoel

staat van elementair of ongedifferentieerd bewustzijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

senciência

estado de consciência elementar ou indiferenciada

🇷🇺Russian

разум

состояние элементарного или недифференцированного сознания

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चेतना

प्राथमिक या अविभाज्य चेतना की अवस्था

🇧🇩Bengali

অনুভূতি

প্রাথমিক বা অভেদহীন চেতনার অবস্থা

🇮🇳Tamil

உணர்வு

அடிப்படை அல்லது வேறுபடுத்தப்படாத உணர்வு நிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

భావము

ప్రాథమిక లేదా భేదం లేని స్పృహ స్థితి

🇮🇳Marathi

भावना

प्राथमिक किंवा अभेद्य चेतनेची अवस्था

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંવેદના

પ્રાથમિક અથવા અભેદ ચેતનાની સ્થિતિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭಾವನೆ

ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕಿಸದ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆಯ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വികാരം

പ്രാഥമിക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വ്യത്യാസമില്ലാത്ത ബോധത്തിൻ്റെ അവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭਾਵਨਾ

ਮੁੱਢਲੀ ਜਾਂ ਅਭਿੰਨ ਚੇਤਨਾ ਦੀ ਅਵਸਥਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

جذبات

ابتدائی یا غیر متفاوت شعور کی حالت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

知觉

基本或未分化的意识状态

🇯🇵Japanese

感覚

初歩的または未分化な意識の状態

🇰🇷Korean

직각

기본 또는 미분화 의식 상태

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tri giác

trạng thái ý thức cơ bản hoặc không phân biệt

🇹🇭Thai

ความรู้สึก

สถานะของจิตสำนึกเบื้องต้นหรือจิตสำนึกที่ไม่แตกต่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kesanggupan merasa

keadaan kesadaran dasar atau tidak terdiferensiasi

🇵🇭Filipino

damdamin

estado ng elementarya o walang pagkakaibang kamalayan

🇲🇾Malay

perasaan

keadaan kesedaran asas atau tidak dibezakan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الشعور

حالة الوعي الأولي أو غير المتمايز

🇮🇷Persian

احساس

حالت آگاهی ابتدایی یا تمایز نیافته

🇹🇷Turkish

duyarlılık

temel veya farklılaşmamış bilinç durumu

🇮🇱Hebrew

רגש

מצב של תודעה יסודית או בלתי מובחנת

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