- insentient
- adjective Date: 1764 lacking perception, consciousness, or animation • insentience noun
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Insentient — In*sen ti*ent, a. Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception; devoid of feeling, consciousness and animation; inanimate; as, insentient stone. Opposite of {sentient}. [WordNet sense 1+3] Syn: inanimate, insensate. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
insentient — index callous, inactive, insensible, unaffected (uninfluenced) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
insentient — [in sen′shənt, in sen′shē ənt] adj. not sentient; without life, consciousness, or perception insentience n … English World dictionary
insentient — insentience, insentiency, n. /in sen shee euhnt, sheuhnt/, adj. not sentient; without sensation or feeling; inanimate. [1755 65; IN 3 + SENTIENT] * * * … Universalium
insentient — adjective having no consciousness or animation; not sentient … Wiktionary
insentient — Synonyms and related words: abiotic, asleep, azoic, benumbed, callous, dead, deadened, dull, dumb, exanimate, impassible, impassive, imperceptive, impercipient, inanimate, inanimated, inert, insensate, insensible, insensitive, lifeless, mute,… … Moby Thesaurus
insentient — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Completely lacking sensation or consciousness: dead, inanimate, insensate. See LIVE … English dictionary for students
insentient — in·sen·ti·ent || ɪn senʃnt adj. inanimate, lacking consciousness, lacking the ability to feel … English contemporary dictionary
insentient — adjective incapable of feeling; inanimate. Derivatives insentience noun … English new terms dictionary
insentient — a. Inert, senseless, non sentient. See insensate, 3 … New dictionary of synonyms
