sentience

English Thesaurus

1. the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	aliveness, animateness, liveness,
definition	:	the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life (noun.attribute)

attribute	:	animate, sentient,
definition	:	endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness (adj.all)

attribute	:	insensate, insentient,
definition	:	devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation (adj.all)

2. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	faculty, mental faculty, module,
definition	:	one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	modality, sense modality, sensory system,
definition	:	a particular sense (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity,
definition	:	(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation (noun.cognition)

3. state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	consciousness,
definition	:	an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation (noun.cognition)

4. the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	insentience,
definition	:	lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	sentient,
definition	:	consciously perceiving (adj.all)

5. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize,
definition	:	make sensitive or aware (verb.change)

derivation	:	feel, sense,
definition	:	perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles (verb.perception)

derivation	:	sense,
definition	:	detect some circumstance or entity automatically (verb.perception)

derivation	:	sensuous,
definition	:	taking delight in beauty (adj.all)

derivation	:	sentient,
definition	:	consciously perceiving (adj.all)

derivation	:	sensorial, sensory,
definition	:	involving or derived from the senses (adj.all)

6. state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	animate, sentient,
definition	:	endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness (adj.all)

derivation	:	aware, mindful,
definition	:	bearing in mind; attentive to (adj.all)

7. the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	insentience,
definition	:	lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	sentient,
definition	:	consciously perceiving (adj.all)

8. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize,
definition	:	make sensitive or aware (verb.change)

derivation	:	feel, sense,
definition	:	perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles (verb.perception)

derivation	:	sense,
definition	:	detect some circumstance or entity automatically (verb.perception)

derivation	:	sensuous,
definition	:	taking delight in beauty (adj.all)

derivation	:	sentient,
definition	:	consciously perceiving (adj.all)

derivation	:	sensorial, sensory,
definition	:	involving or derived from the senses (adj.all)

9. state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	animate, sentient,
definition	:	endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness (adj.all)

derivation	:	aware, mindful,
definition	:	bearing in mind; attentive to (adj.all)