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consentience

consentience noun: the state of being consentient; agreement; accord.

Noun

consentience (uncountable)

  1. The state of being consentient; agreement; accord.
  2. (obsolete) An imperfect form of consciousness, that of animals or primitive humans.
    • The "pineal gland," according to this view, though, as need hardly be said, no "seat of the soul," would nevertheless be the original single organ for conveying to the brute soul of our remote ancestors those luminous impressions which are the most potent agents in educating animal consentience.1887, The Contemporary Review, volume 51, page 677

Questions about consentience

What does consentience mean?
Consentience means the state of being consentient; agreement; accord.
What part of speech is consentience?
Consentience is a noun.

Words near consentience in the dictionary

  1. consenters
  2. consentest
  3. consenteth
  4. consentful
  5. consentfully
  6. consentience
  7. consentient
  8. consentiently
  9. consenting
  10. consenting adult
  11. consenting adults

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