sentiency

Definitions of sentiency

noun
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

synonyms: sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience

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modality, sense modality, sensory system
a particular sense

sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

acuteness
a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed

hypersensitivity
extreme sensitivity

reactivity, responsiveness
responsive to stimulation

exteroception
sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body

interoception
sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body

photosensitivity, radiosensitivity
sensitivity to the action of radiant energy

sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense
the ability to see; the visual faculty

somatosense
any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain

audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

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faculty, mental faculty, module
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

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