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noun state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
noun the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; - Richard Eberhart
originFrom 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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