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sentience

Sentience (noun) means the state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.

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The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
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Etymology

From sentient, from Latin sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“feel, sense”). Compare with sentence, its equivalent formation from Classic Latin sententia (for *sentientia).

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"sentience" (noun) means the state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.

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