CultureAugust 15, 2026
sentience
SEN-shuhns
Definition
The capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively, specifically the ability to feel pleasure and pain.
Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'sentientem', meaning 'feeling' or 'perceiving', which comes from the verb 'sentire', meaning 'to feel'.
In the news
In his book 'Animal Liberation', Singer argues that sentience is the fundamental quality that obligates humans to provide equal moral consideration to the interests of animals.
Peter Singer: ‘Capitalism is still the most productive economic system that ever existed’
Read the full article ↗The Guardian