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sentience

noun

/ˈsɛnʃəns/

Meaning

The capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively.

Many argue that animals possess sentience.

consciousness, awareness, perception, sensitivity

insensibility, unconsciousness

animal sentience, human sentience, sentience of beings

The use of technology to perform tasks without human intervention.

A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.

a large plant with a trunk, branches, and leaves

Critical observation or examination.

a person who creates art, especially paintings or drawings

the natural satellite of the earth, visible mainly at night by reflected light from the sun