Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudosentience

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-dosen-tience
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A state or condition that is not sentience but seemingly or nearly approaches it or simulates it.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It doesn't matter if they are information forms that have developed pseudosentience and taken on the identity of our cultural icons, or if they are aliens, or as you say just a hallucination tickling the old religious gene. All that matters is how we respond to them, what we choose to do with them."
"[…] pseudosentience in human brains. First, there is the pseudosentience present in the right hemisphere."
"He had even tried to convince himself that the whispers weren't real, that he was imagining a pseudosentience in the artifacts he held."

Etymology

From pseudo- + sentience.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pseudo

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

nonsentience nonsentient pseudoconscious pseudosentient pseudoconsciousness

Questions

What does pseudosentience mean?: A state or condition that is not sentience but seemingly or nearly approaches it or simulates it.
Where does pseudosentience come from?: From pseudo- + sentience.

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