Meaning : State of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness.
Example :
The crash intruded on his awareness.
Synonyms : awareness
Meaning : The faculty through which the external world is apprehended.
Example :
In the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing.
Synonyms : sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentiency
Meaning : The readiness to perceive sensations. Elementary or undifferentiated consciousness.
Example :
Gave sentience to slugs and newts.
Lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations.
insentience