noun
- plural of insentience; the state or quality of lacking sensation, feeling, or consciousness
Usage: formal; philosophical
Examples
- The philosopher argued that rocks exist in a state of insentiences, unable to perceive or feel anything.
- During deep sleep, the brain enters periods of relative insentiences.
- The patient's insentiences to pain was a symptom of the neurological condition.
- Ancient thinkers debated whether plants possessed any form of sentience or remained in complete insentiences.
- The anesthetic induced temporary insentiences in the surgical patient.