insentient - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation“insentient (or insensate) stone”Synonyms: insensateSimilar unfeelingRelates to sentience

Word of the day · Oct 29About this word

What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

In·sen′ti·ent adjective

Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception; devoid of feeling, consciousness and animation; inanimate; as, insentient stone. Opposite of sentient. [wns=1+3] Syn. — inanimate, insensate. [ + ]

The... attributes of an insentient, inert substance.— Thomas Reid

But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is insentient.— Sir William Hamilton

2. incapable of sensation. Syn. — insensate, insensible.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5