sentience :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (5)

n. the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart

awareness

n. state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness"

sense, sentiency, sensory faculty

n. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"

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Fuzzynyms (17)

instinct, inherent aptitude

n. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"

power, ability

n. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"

brilliance, genius

n. unusual mental ability

genius, wizardry

n. exceptional creative ability

flair, genius

n. a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"

gift, endowment, talent, natural endowment

n. natural abilities or qualities

hang, bent, knack

n. a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"

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insentience

n. lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations

sentience

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