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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessenciência
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /sẽ.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/
"A senciência define a habilidade de ter experiências subjetivas."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjective sensations independently of intellect or thought.
"The ethical debate centers on whether advanced artificial intelligence could ever possess true sentience." - 2
A quality or state of being sensitive or responsive to external stimuli.
"Biologists continue to study the plant kingdom for signs of an underlying ecological sentience."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'sentient-' (meaning feeling or perceiving), stemming from the verb 'sentire' (to feel, discern, or perceive). It entered English in the mid-19th century through philosophical discourse to describe the fundamental capacity for subjective experience and sensory awareness.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sentience" is said worldwide
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sentience
Transliteration: /sɑ̃.tjɑ̃s/
"La sentience animale est un sujet fondamental en éthique contemporaine."
Empfindungsfähigkeit
Transliteration: /ɛmˈpfɪndʊŋsfɛːçkaɪt/
"Die Empfindungsfähigkeit von Tieren wird gesetzlich immer besser geschützt."
senzienza
Transliteration: /senˈtsjɛn.tsa/
"La senzienza implica la capacità di provare dolore e piacere."
sentiencia
Transliteration: /senˈtjen.sja/
"Muchos filósofos debaten sobre los límites de la sentiencia en los seres vivos."
senciência
Transliteration: /sẽ.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/
"A senciência define a habilidade de ter experiências subjetivas."
संवेदनशीलता
Transliteration: samvedanshilta
"हर जीव में चेतना और संवेदनशीलता होती है।"
有情识
Transliteration: yǒuqíngshí
"科学家们在探讨人工智能是否能具备真正的有情识。"
지각력
Transliteration: jigakryeok
"동물의 지각력을 존중하는 태도가 필요합니다."
有情
Transliteration: ujō
"すべての有情が苦しみから解放されることを願う。"
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