noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being insentient
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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insentience
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noun
Meaning 2
lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: sentience
Broader terms: inanimateness, lifelessness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sentience English insentience From in- + sentience.