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sentience definition

sen·tience (sen′s̸həns, -s̸hē əns)

noun

  1. a sentient state or quality; capacity for feeling or perceiving; consciousness
  2. mere awareness or sensation that does not involve thought or perception
Also sentiency sen′·tiency

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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