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sentience
noun
the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
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ˈsɛnʃəns
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noun
the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
“{'source': 'Richard Eberhart', 'text': 'gave sentience to slugs and newts'}”
noun
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”
noun
state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
“the crash intruded on his awareness”
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{'source': 'Richard Eberhart', 'text': 'gave sentience to slugs and newts'}
in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
the crash intruded on his awareness
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