Sentiency

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sentience \Sen"ti*ence\, Sentiency \Sen"ti*en*cy\, n. [See
     {Sentient}, {Sentence}.]
     The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or
     state of having sensation. --G. H. Lewes.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           An example of harmonious action between the
           intelligence and the sentiency of the mind. --Earle.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sentiency
       n : 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" [syn: {sense}, {sensation}, {sentience},
            {sensory faculty}]