sentiency

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sentiency - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sentience \Sen"ti*ence\, Sentiency \Sen"ti*en*cy\, n. [See
     Sentient, Sentence.]
     The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or
     state of having sensation. --G. H. Lewes.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           An example of harmonious action between the
           intelligence and the sentiency of the mind. --Earle.
     [1913 Webster]

sentiency - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sentiency
      n 1: 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" [syn: sense,
           sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty]