sentiency

Synonyms:

sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience

Types:

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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

Type of:

faculty, mental faculty, module

one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind