Definition of sentient Sentient
sen•ti•ent
We found 10 definitions of sentient from 5 different sources.
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What does sentient mean?
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Adjectivesentient, sentienter, sentientest |
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| sentient - endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence | ||
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| insentient, insensate devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone" | ||
| sentient - consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White | ||
| conscious (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something; "few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sentient (a.)
Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues. - sentient (n.)
One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sentient
sen′shi-ent, adj. discerning by the senses: having the faculty of perception and sensation: (phys.) noting those parts which on stimulation give rise to sensation.—n. the mind as capable of feeling.—ns Sen′tience, Sen′tiency.—adv. Sen′tiently, in a sentient or perceptive manner
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🔤- sentient, noun, singular of sentients.
- sentient, adjective.
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