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sensibilia

sensibilia noun: things that can be sensed; stimuli.

Noun

sensibilia pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Things that can be sensed; stimuli.
    • For in the past I have been aware of sensibilia; and I have sensed instances of sensibilia temporally related to one another.1950, Winston H F Barnes, The Philosophical Predicament
    • Russell also brought in the sense-data sensed by other persons and even unsensed sense-data, to which he gave the name of sensibilia.1969, Alfred Jules Ayer, Metaphysics and Common Sense

Examples of sensibilia in a sentence

  • It is because their being as sensibilia does not depend upon their being intentional objects for anyone […]1988, Ramon M Lemos, Metaphysical Investigations:
  • Among the things which human beings do are (a) think of sensibilia in their absence, (b) make mental or verbal pictures of sensibilia, […]1989, Anthony John Patrick Kenny, The Metaphysics of Mind:

Questions about sensibilia

What does sensibilia mean?
Sensibilia means things that can be sensed; stimuli.
How do you use sensibilia in a sentence?
It is because their being as sensibilia does not depend upon their being intentional objects for anyone […]
What part of speech is sensibilia?
Sensibilia is a noun.

Words near sensibilia in the dictionary

  1. sensest
  2. senseth
  3. Sensex
  4. senshuraku
  5. sensi
  6. sensibilia
  7. sensibilities
  8. sensibility
  9. sensibilization
  10. sensibilizations
  11. sensibilize

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