sentience

[ sen-shuh ns ]
/ ˈsɛn ʃəns /

noun

sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
Sometimes sen·tien·cy.

Origin of sentience

First recorded in 1830–40; senti(ent) + -ence

OTHER WORDS FROM sentience

non·sen·tience, noun non·sen·tien·cy, noun

Words nearby sentience

sentential calculus, sentential connective, sentential function, sententious, senti, sentience, sentient, sentiment, sentimental, sentimental value, sentimentalism

Example sentences from the Web for sentiency

  • Rutherford paced up and down the room in a stress of sentiency.

    The Sheriff's Son |William MacLeod Raine

  • Roof and walls had attached themselves to his sentiency, even as the shell of the snail is attached to its pulp.

    King Spruce, A Novel |Holman Day

  • In time that rope came to have sentiency in the eyes of Wade.

    King Spruce, A Novel |Holman Day

  • But in all the stillness, what sentiency, what passion—as in her heart!

    The Dark Flower |John Galsworthy

British Dictionary definitions for sentiency

sentience

sentiency

/ (ˈsɛnʃəns) /

noun

the state or quality of being sentient; awareness
sense perception not involving intelligence or mental perception; feeling