Sentiency — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛnʃənsi/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛnʃənsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛnʃənsi/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈɛnʃənsi/.

Examples

in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sensation sentience sensory faculty sense

Parts of Speech

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”

Word Forms

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
sentient	adjective	consciously perceiving; ; - W.A.White

Around the World

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भावना

वह संकाय जिसके माध्यम से बाहरी दुनिया को समझा जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

সংবেদনশীলতা

যে ফ্যাকাল্টির মাধ্যমে বাহ্যিক জগতকে ধরা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

உணர்வு

வெளி உலகத்தைப் பிடிக்கும் ஆசிரியர்

🇮🇳Telugu

భావము

అధ్యాపకులు దీని ద్వారా బాహ్య ప్రపంచాన్ని పట్టుకున్నారు

🇮🇳Marathi

संवेदना

ज्या विद्याशाखाद्वारे बाह्य जगाला पकडले जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંવેદના

ફેકલ્ટી કે જેના દ્વારા બાહ્ય વિશ્વને પકડવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭಾವುಕತೆ

ಬಾಹ್ಯ ಪ್ರಪಂಚವನ್ನು ಸೆರೆಹಿಡಿಯುವ ಅಧ್ಯಾಪಕರು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വികാരം

ബാഹ്യലോകം പിടിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ഫാക്കൽറ്റി

🇵🇰Urdu

احساس

وہ فیکلٹی جس کے ذریعے بیرونی دنیا کو پکڑا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

知觉性

理解外部世界的能力

🇯🇵Japanese

感覚

外の世界を把握する能力

🇰🇷Korean

직각

외부 세계를 포착하는 능력

🇵🇭Filipino

sentiensya

ang faculty kung saan nahuhuli ang panlabas na mundo

Middle East

🇹🇷Turkish

duyarlılık

dış dünyanın kavranmasını sağlayan fakülte

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