pansentience
UK/pænˈsɛnʃəns/US/pænˈsɛnʃəns/
pansentience noun: the concept of all things having sentience.
Noun
pansentience (uncountable)
- The concept of all things having sentience.
- If language and meaning, as some of these biologists suggest, are properties of all living beings and not only of humans—that is, if the world is one of pansentience—can activists and others learn to become “readers of the book of life” and avail themselves of this reading to illuminate their...2008, Arturo Escobar, Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes, page 298
- Some (e.g. Goodwin, 2007) go further to suggest that language and meaning are properties of all living beings and not only of human beings – in other words, that the world is one of pansentience.2010, M. R. Redclift, Graham Woodgate, The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology, page 101
- Synonyms:
- omnisentience
Synonyms of pansentience
Origin of pansentience
From pan- + sentience.
Questions about pansentience
- What does pansentience mean?
- Pansentience means the concept of all things having sentience.
- What part of speech is pansentience?
- Pansentience is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pansentience?
- Pansentience is pronounced /pænˈsɛnʃəns/ (UK).
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