INSENTIENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("insentience" is a kind of...):

inanimateness; lifelessness (not having life)

Antonym:

sentience (the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness)

Derivation:

insentient (devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation)

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