omnisentience en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnisder. English omni- English sentience English omnisentience From omni- + sentience.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Sensory awareness of all things.
In professional training programs, our strivings for omniscience, omnipotence, and omnisentience are stimulated, reinforced, and rewarded by the programs' faculties.
1972, Horace G. Whittington, Clinical Practice in Community Mental Health Centers, page 119:
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(uncountable) The presence of sensory awareness in all things, or the doctrine that sensory awareness is universal.
Similar difficulties arise concerning the genesis of consciousness for the individual […] To escape these perplexities, the notion of omnisentience or panpsychism has often been put forward.
1974, Richard Spilsbury, Providence Lost: A Critique of Darwinism, page 65:
Relateds
omniscience · omnisentient · sentient · sentience · sentiency