Dictionary Check: sentience

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Definition

noun

state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

Example: "the crash intruded on his awareness"
Synonyms:
noun

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

Example: "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
noun

the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

Example: "gave sentience to slugs and newts"
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