Meaning of SENTIENCY

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
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	Synonyms:		sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience
	See Also:		faculty, mental faculty, modality, module, sense modality, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sensory system