Sentience

/ˈsɛn.ʃəns/

Synonyms for "sentience" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(5 words)
awarenessaffective experiencechaitanyaconsciousnessemotional capacity

Strong matches (14)

impressionabilityinsomniainsomniacinsomnolenceinsomnolencylidless vigillifelimenopenness to sensationpenetrationperceptibilityphysical sensibilityreadiness of feeling
Noun(1 words)

Related words (23)

Noun(7 words)
self-awarenesssensationsensesensory facultysentiencysubjective experiencesubjectivity
Adjective(1 words)
sentient life

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

9 entries
alivenessanimatenessconscious experienceconsciousnessfacultylivenessmental facultymodulesubjective feeling

More specific

6 entries
emotional sentiencemoral sentiencepain sensitivitypleasure responsivenessself awarenessself consciousness

Collocations

6 entries
animal sentienceemotional responsivenessmoral considerabilitypain perceptionphenomenal consciousnesssubjective experience

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My friend Bratislav believes the Amerindian, Robert Morning Sky, who theorizes that creatures on other worlds will tend to evolve to have humanoid shape, as they approach sentience, be they apelike, lizard-like, insect-like, plant-like, fungus-like, etc.

Source: tatoeba (10587808)

If you are like a futurologist, maybe read the document "The Ghost of Transhumanism and the Sentience of Existence."

Source: tatoeba (10685375)

Autocomplete isn't about to gain sentience.

Source: tatoeba (11994712)

For a while I sat quiet, my heart beating. The place was grimly dark. The only light was a faint one from the top of the lamp which threw a white circle on the high ceiling, except the emerald sheen of the shade as the light took its under edges. Even the light only seemed to emphasize the blackness of the shadows. These presently began to seem, as on last night, to have a sentience of their own.

Source: wiktionary

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