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’

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The Guardian

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