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adjective
Insentient  adj.  
1.
Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception; devoid of feeling, consciousness and animation; inanimate; as, insentient stone. Opposite of sentient.
Synonyms: inanimate, insensate. "The... attributes of an insentient, inert substance." "But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is insentient."
2.
Incapable of sensation.
Synonyms: insensate, insensible.





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"Insentient" Quotes from Famous Books



... simply took; And I lay bleeding on the bitter land, Afraid to stir against thy least command, But losing all my pleasant life-blood, whence Force should have been heart's frailty to withstand. Life is not life at all without delight, Nor has it any might; And better than the insentient heart and brain Is sharpest pain; And better for the moment seems it to rebel, If the great Master, from his lifted seat, Ne'er whispers to the wearied servant 'Well!' Yet what returns of love did I endure, When ...
— The Unknown Eros • Coventry Patmore


Words linked to "Insentient" :   insentience, sentient, insensate, sentience, unfeeling


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