Associations to the word «Sentient»

Wiktionary

SENTIENT, adjective. Conscious or self-aware.
SENTIENT, adjective. Experiencing sensation, thinking, thought, or feeling.
SENTIENT, adjective. (chiefly in science fiction) Possessing human-like knowledge and intelligence.
SENTIENT, noun. Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
SENTIENT, noun. (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.

Dictionary definition

SENTIENT, adjective. Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence.
SENTIENT, adjective. Consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White.

Wise words

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Noam Chomsky