adj
Meaning 1
Having no consciousness or feeling; inanimate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
insentient
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adj
Meaning 2
Insensitive, indifferent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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adjective
Meaning 3
devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- insentient (or insensate) stone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insensate
Antonyms: sentient
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sentient English insentient From in- + sentient.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неодушевен (neoduševen) — having no consciousness or animation
- Czech: necitlivý — having no consciousness or animation