insentience

Definitions

The state or quality of lacking physical sensation or consciousness.

A lack of awareness, feeling, or emotional responsiveness.

Examples

The cold, clinical environment of the laboratory seemed to emphasize the insentience of the specimens being studied.

Philosophers have long debated whether the insentience of inanimate objects precludes them from having any inherent moral status.

Synonyms

unconsciousness apathy insensibility numbness lifelessness torpor inanimate state

Antonyms

consciousness sentience awareness feeling sensibility aliveness responsiveness