sentience

noun

1
: a sentient quality or state
2
: feeling or sensation as distinguished from perception and thought

Examples of sentience in a Sentence

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And farm animals generally live in a way that some scientists say is not conducive to understanding individual sentience. Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024 Additionally, ‘Colossus’ is the title of a 1970 science fiction film about a supercomputer that gains sentience. John Werner, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 This is less troubling than the green, because a black bagel is only a few shades removed from pumpernickel, whereas a green bagel is a few shades removed from the ooze that gives adolescent turtles sentience. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 June 2024 If all of this does not indicate Sunny’s sentience, the facsimile thereof is uncanny. Chris Klimek, Vulture, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for sentience 

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sentience was in 1839

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“Sentience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentience. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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