senso-, sens-, sensi-, sensori-, sent-
(Latin: feeling, sensation, perception through the senses, to be aware, to discern by the senses)
The words in this list refer either to physical or mental perceptions, or a combination of both. These elements come from Latin sentire, to feel, and the related element sensus, feeling, perception (in both the physical and mental perspectives).
hypersensual
Above or beyond the scope of the senses; supersensual.
hyposensitiveness
insensate
Lacking sensation or feeling; not feeling, or not capable of feeling; without sense or reason.
insensately
insensateness
insensibility
Lacking physical sensation or feeling; a lack of moral sensibility or emotion.
insensible
Lacking sensation or feeling; being indifferent about what's going on.
insensibly
insensitive
Deprived of the power of feeling, unconscious; unheeding, unmindful; incapable of feeling.
insensitivity
Lacking sensitivity to the feelings or circumstances of others; callous.
insensuous
insentience
1. Anything which does not have sensations.
2. Without consciousness or sensation; inanimate.
insentient
Unable to feel; lifeless.
latero-sensory
A system of lateral sense-organs in fishes or some other lateral line-sense system.
meteorosensitive
Abnormally sensitive to weather conditions.
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